- present participle of fail.
failing
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The lawsuit claims OpenAI designed an unsafe product and was negligent for failing to flag the shooting suspect’s ChatGPT activity to police.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Dodgers owner Mark Walter and multiple insurance companies he owns are being sued for allegedly failing to disclose an ongoing federal probe to customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
But it was panned by investors for failing to provide much new information, and the Cybercab is currently in a limited deployment in Austin.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
It says that the hospital and its senior management "bear the principal institutional responsibility for failing to convert known risks, prior warnings and assigned duties into an effective safety system".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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
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She added that both had "sought to blame Noah" to deflect from their own failings and that inquest had exposed "a culture of institutional defensiveness" at the heart of those public bodies.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Following Calocane's sentencing to a hospital order in January 2024, a series of failings by authorities emerged, including the police, which led to calls by the affected families for a statutory public inquiry.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
A number of revelations emerged in evidence about errors in Calocane's care, his previous interactions with police and failings both during and in the aftermath of the attacks.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Her slaying shocked the world and put Malta, the European Union's smallest member state, in the spotlight over its apparent rule-of-law failings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was growing cold but he still didn’t want to go home and listen to his mother’s recital of his failings.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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