fail
Example Sentences
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If he were to fail, Zubrin said, it'd be because "he had succeeded in everything he had done before, and so no one could tell him that he was wrong."
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Still and all, the World Cup is literally too big to fail.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
One possibility is that the morning terminator experiences extra cooling that current models fail to capture.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Lee recounts a rigmarole of joys and traumas—a trip to the circus, a bad breakup, a house fire—which all fail to leave much of an impression.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
As a matter of fact, they usually fail.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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