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be a fiasco



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A lockout delaying the 2027 season isn’t out of the question, which would be a fiasco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

In particular, the 787’s outsourcing strategy turned out to be a fiasco, which even then-Boeing CEO Jim Albaugh was forced to concede in a Seattle Times report.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2019

When the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony airs on Sunday, February 24th, it will almost surely be a fiasco of historic proportions.

From The Verge ● Feb. 20, 2019

Many observers even thought the Blue Jackets’ second season under Coach John Tortorella would be a fiasco.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2016

The curtain fell upon enthusiastic applause, and Madame Bourjot, who had feared that her daughter would be a fiasco, was delighted with her success.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Sir John Alexander Hammerton


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