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  • past participle of fail.
  • past tense form of fail.
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failed

[feyld] / feɪld /






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If you’ve failed to meet the registration deadline, you can register as a conditional voter through the same-day voter registration process.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

"It's easy to say you don't know when you failed to find out," she said, adding that Noah "deserved better".

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

But months of negotiations failed to produce a compromise capable of surviving the Senate floor, despite heavy lobbying from the crypto industry and a frantic final effort by Republicans to rewrite the legislation.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Mark Karpelès, the former chief executive of failed bitcoin exchange Mt.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

She wept in a way she had not wept before, for love torn away and protection failed and unbearable mistakes.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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