disastrously

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The Islamic republic has weathered previous blistering attacks -- by Iraq in the 1980s and Israel last June -- and a 1980 US helicopter mission to free hostages ended disastrously.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Afterward, Mitrokhin was sent abroad only on short-term assignments—and one of them ended disastrously.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

There again, it misses some other periods, such as the 1970s and parts of the 1980s, when U.S. stocks disastrously underperformed international stocks.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

If the company gets over its overamplification, which cheapens everything it presents, that need not disastrously lessen the impact.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Otherwise, everything was about to go disastrously wrong.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat