fail

Example Sentences

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Shiffrin, the all-time leader in World Cup wins, has failed to reach the podium in her last eight Olympic events.

From Los Angeles Times

"If they fail - wittingly or unwittingly - then the situation will remain in the 'managed rivalry' bucket," he says.

From BBC

It isn’t just that Starmer is perceived as an indecisive, failed leader who has now been poisoned by runoff from the Epstein scandal.

From Salon

For years, Newsom asserted that his “one-dimensional” public image as a slick, privileged politician on a path to power paved with Getty oil money fails to tell the whole story.

From Los Angeles Times

George said they would try the suspect in absentia if he failed to return to Ghana.

From BBC