failing

She has spent the past few years creating content, including a podcast, newsletter and forthcoming book, “Timeline Grief,” about failing to hit milestones on schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The actor-singer on Thursday accused the executors of her father’s estate of failing to fulfill the singer’s wishes for Prince, Paris and Bigi to begin receiving income from their family trust.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Education Minister Edouard Geffray told the France Inter radio station students should return to the classroom to avoid failing exams.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

They functionally shift blame onto the individual for failing to thrive in a society that makes thriving almost impossible.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

“In light of this digression, perhaps I should remind us all,” said Thaddeus, “that we are assembled here to discuss why the hummingbears are failing to return.”

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

Human failings are because of humans, not their political systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Devon and Cornwall Police acknowledged failings identified following Naomi's complaint, including that Mines continued to receive police pay after his conviction when he should not have done.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Lessons need to be learnt after an inquiry found that government failings in care settings allowed the spread of Covid, a woman whose mother died during the pandemic has said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Cornell itself admitted failings in a task force report released in March.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The job was a sign of his failings.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri