failing

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ABA Centers also sued Publix, accusing the grocer of failing to pay for care its health-plan administrators had authorized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The attorney general faults OpenAI for failing to put in place stricter rules to verify users' ages, invoking legal statutes on deception and negligence.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

However, after failing to find a buyer, the couple chopped $1 million off that ask, before delisting the dwelling altogether in October.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

I either overspend on food items, failing to take advantage of hidden deals as I frantically yet desperately attempt to restock my kitchen.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

He’d been arrested earlier that year while in charge of another air force regiment, for endangering the life of a top government official by failing to fly with him through a dust storm.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein