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failure

[feyl-yer] / ˈfeɪl yər /




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If you set up a routine that’s too complicated, you will fail, and then you’re going to feel like a failure.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is a possible motive for the police to try to frame Benguit - their failure to stop a suspected murderer from killing again.

From BBC

He mentioned the United Nations in particular for its failure to stop any recent conflict of note.

From The Wall Street Journal

Third, we must accelerate plutonium pit production and eliminate single points of failure in the National Nuclear Security Administration complex.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Science Daily