failure
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The study also found that finerenone reduced the combined risk of kidney failure, worsening CKD, heart failure, or cardiovascular death by 23%.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Haney also says that Rinderknecht is being tried to paper over the failure of firefighters to extinguish the initial blaze, saying they bear significant responsibility for the ensuing tragedy.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The police found the original decision to be correct, but a police chief described the failure to search Sullivan's property for "items to support the investigation" as a "missed opportunity".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
This failure will haunt Washington for decades, but the most immediate effects are felt among the Gulf Arabs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
“I wasn’t discouraged by the failure of the Fielding job to produce results,” Gordon Liddy would later explain.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing failure
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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