fiasco
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The social network’s 2012 stock-market debut, however, turned into a fiasco.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
The 2019 screen fiasco, which found countless ways to humiliate a cast that included Taylor Swift and Judi Dench, gave kitsch a bad name.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The question now is whether this fiasco turns the temperature up again.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Private credit has been a prime beneficiary owing to banking regulations enacted after the Enron fiasco of the early 2000s and the 2008-09 financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
As Lawrence machines went, this one was a fiasco, not even yielding substantial or unique knowledge to advance the science of accelerator design.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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