debacle

Example Sentences

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Still, there is the unfinished business of getting over the Darién debacle and regaining Scotland’s financial pride.

From The Wall Street Journal

Exactly a week after the debacle, the acting head of the agency was forced to apologise.

From BBC

Reeves has probably saved her job for now—but the same may not be true for whoever at the OBR was responsible for Wednesday’s debacle.

From Barron's

But market confidence was shaken by a trading debacle in March 2022 that rocketed nickel to a record above $100,000 a metric ton, leading many users to abandon the LME.

From Reuters

And the Cotton Eyed Joe debacle isn’t the first time Anthony has claimed to reject money in the name of his values.

From Los Angeles Times