fail
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Did they fail to brief the president and his inner circle on the inherent limits of air power?
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
It centered on a deceptively simple question: Why do estate plans fail?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
In a few days time when she walks down the aisle to marry Dave Howells, they'll be focused on their future not whether the marriage might fail.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Global household wealth surged last year as expectations of bumper profits from artificial intelligence pushed equity prices to new highs, but that threatens an economically damaging correction should those profits fail to materialize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Maggie worried, writing Elisha, “all this talk for and against cannot fail to injure you, as well as myself.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
She said her husband never fails to watch Eala's Wimbledon matches, even if they air in the Philippines late at night.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
And if Paramount fails to close the merger, it would owe Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Bots can build a portfolio in seconds — but wait until you see where their financial advice fails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The fines could rise further if Google fails to comply within 60 days, the Commission said, threatening it with "periodic penalty payments".
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
If the boiler fails, the ship stops dead.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Analysts said Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh failed to give sufficient answers about the reasons for leaving interest rates on hold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
"I suffered immense losses and failed multiple times," Sodha says.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
"It is clear you failed as a parent," Superior Court Judge Nicholas Primm told Gray at his sentencing hearing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The social-media company’s revenue guidance disappointed and failed to answer questions around its AI spending to investors’ satisfaction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
I lower my shoulder, shoot through the force field, and barrel into the creature with all my body’s strength— just as Dad taught me when he tried and failed to teach me football.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
In 2018, Qualcomm terminated its proposed purchase of Dutch chip maker NXP Semiconductors after failing to obtain clearance from China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The boot camp fosters an environment where students feel comfortable failing, said Saint Juste, 20, who will attend Kennesaw State University in the fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Ten items had not been removed at least 20 days later, showing Telegram had breached Australia's online safety rules by failing to investigate and take "timely action", the court statement said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Under sharp questioning by Cornyn, Blanche said those entities hadn’t altered the agreement and acknowledged that Trump could theoretically sue the government for breach of contract for failing to create the fund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
To some meaningful number of his investors, it looked as if Burry simply did not want to accept the judgment of the marketplace: He’d made a bad bet and was failing to accept his loss.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
