debacle
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Sat next to him at Old Trafford to watch the Bournemouth debacle unfold was chief executive Omar Berrada, who worked with Wilcox at Manchester City.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Alexandra grinned as she recounted the recent tour debacle to the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Whether Iran had the ability to pull off such an attack isn’t clear, but the debacle shows how advances in technology and shifting shape of war are changing age-old tactics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
This debacle over your future is a first-world embarrassment of riches.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
No fresh facts had come in to chase away the stale taste of last winter’s debacle.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
As the many debacles over inheritances show, it can often get worse as we get older.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Spy agencies saw profound implications in the recent debacles, far beyond public humiliation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
The debacles “may have repercussions on the financial system more broadly,” warns junk bond guru Marty Fridson, chief executive officer of FridsonVision High Yield Strategy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
Similar recent debacles might offer a clue as to how things will pan out.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
He hung with unqualified joy on the imagined ruins of imaginary disaster, and took equal pleasure in the actual debacles of life as it was lived about him.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
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