fiasco
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This fiasco won’t easily fade into the noise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Their relative normalcy, and that of fellow marrieds Amber Morrison and Jordan Faeth, is a soothing contrast to the textbook Fusco fiasco and the rest of the season’s red flag bearers.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The whole fiasco came to light after our recent raid in Venezuela, when Anthropic reportedly inquired after the fact if another Silicon Valley company involved in the operation, Palantir, had used Claude.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
It’s hard for us mortals to know what that’s like, to have the burden to always win, and anything less is labeled a fiasco.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
That meant he could save his five remaining bullets for serious security threats, though he didn’t want a repeat of the nerve- rattling fiasco with the field mouse.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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