failure

Example Sentences

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However, this did not translate into higher rates of serious liver conditions such as hepatitis or liver failure.

From Science Daily

Officials said the symptoms he reportedly experienced—paralysis, acute pain and respiratory failure—are consistent with epibatidine poisoning.

From The Wall Street Journal

I feel like this is setting us both up for failure because he has never cracked $40,000 in his life and only surpassed $20,000 last month.

From MarketWatch

Systemic failures in the FAA and Army had led to the crash, they believed, a conviction that drove them to push for safety reforms.

From The Wall Street Journal

If that was what this was supposed to be, it would rightly be judged a spectacular failure because no one of rank followed his example.

From BBC