debacle
Example Sentences
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Over the following months, he ousted national security adviser Mike Waltz, an architect of the maritime ambitions, because of an unrelated debacle.
If there were any event in figure skating that was going to descend into a judging debacle, it was always going to be ice dance.
A judge recently acknowledged there was a mistake and ordered their release, but the debacle has left Torres, a hospitality worker, devastated.
From Barron's
Air traffic controllers, who have clashed with YPA for years over staff and infrastructure shortages, insist that the January 4 incident was a debacle waiting to happen.
From Barron's
It was followed by the debacle at Dundee United, which meant Nancy - MLS Coach of the Year in 2024 - has won just three of his past 16 games as a manager after struggles at Columbus.
From BBC
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