failure
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In late May, Cody’s daughter Hannah Davis shared that the radio host had been admitted to the intensive care unit with heart and kidney failure.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The brother of a British toddler who disappeared from an Australian beach has told an inquiry that the family has lived with the consequences of police failure for more than 50 years.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“It is a shortsighted approach to asset management that invites long-term risk—a strategic failure that will ultimately be paid for by future generations of students and the long-term health of the endowment itself.”
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The failure the pope describes consists in an institution’s confidently drawing the boundaries of moral concern with its most authoritative tools, holding that line for centuries, and turning out to be catastrophically wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
At least Berlin could sit by the river, take in the music, and maybe she could forget about how much it was going to hurt, going home, when she would be going home a failure.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing failure
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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