failures

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The agency assessed far more penalties on missteps including failures to file and pay, though it collected slightly less on owed assessments.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

His failures were many and spectacular, but in 1940, as Britain fought alone against Hitler’s Germany, he drew on a lifetime’s writing about greatness to embody it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

On the other hand, as Pratt has fairly argued, Raman headed City Council’s homelessness committee, so isn’t she partly to blame for the failures she tried to pin on Bass?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

PC makers like Dell and HP will give it a go with Nvidia chips, but they haven’t forgotten past failures with other Arm products.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

“I don’t want them calling us forest failures in the hallway,” Cedar said, kicking at a clump of moss.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth