failure

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Al Zayani, speaking on behalf of the oil-exporting Gulf countries, said the failure to pass the resolution "sends the wrong signal to the world."

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

War is always a failure—a failure of diplomacy, a failure to reconcile—and invariably carries abominable human costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The willful failure to file a tax return is a misdemeanor.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Black said his faith helps him make sense of the violence he witnessed and endured — not simply as the product of individual malice, but as something sustained by collective moral failure.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“Why this failure? Could it have been prevented? What lessons could be drawn from our experiences that would enable others to avoid similar failures?”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin