fatal flaw
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Boosters argue that even with its fatal flaw, California’s law advanced such bans nationally in a pivotal moment last September.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
The act's fatal flaw was a conditional immunity clause - later ruled unlawful - which could have been used by ex-soldiers, or former paramilitaries.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025
The beauty of her transfer strategy is that it can accomplish nearly the same, and precisely because of the Education Department’s fatal flaw: it’s unnecessary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
That’s a fatal flaw in the Santa Claus rally’s statistical foundation, unless there is a good explanation for why Santa Claus was asleep for more than 60 years and then woke up.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025
But there was one fatal flaw Kappe had overlooked.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
