fiasco
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"Order was lost, and an attempt was made to restore order. I believe that from start to finish, it was a fiasco," he said on Monday.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
While that dry spell will draw empty stares from fans in Seattle, Pittsburgh or San Diego, it’s a fiasco for a franchise that’s won 27 of them and regards October silverware as its birthright.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Every failure is fuel for the next fiasco.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
This six-fumble fiasco saw the Chargers end drives in this frustrating staccato: missed field goal, punt, interception, punt, touchdown, punt, end of half, touchdown, punt, punt, fumble, interception, safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Back home, a national debate was raging over H-bomb testing, provoked by the fallout fiasco of the Bravo tests.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
More often it’s how mistakes turn into fiascoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Paramount also wanted to avoid any public relations fiascoes when Stone and Parker take the stage Thursday at fan-fest Comic-Con in San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
To celebrate such mistakes, mishaps and melees, read on for 10 of the funniest parenting fiascoes that made headlines this year.
From Fox News ● Dec. 30, 2020
If you’re hosting a fearsome fiesta this year — one that distracts from the daily fearsome fiascoes on the front page of the paper — here are some tips for making spooktacular cocktails.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2019
What happened next changed history and resulted in one of America's most tragic medical fiascoes.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Final second fiascos for Washington and Philadelphia lead to maddening finishes—and a crush of second-guessing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Live Nation, the group behind Ticketmaster and countless controversies surrounding ticket fiascos, is facing a Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit later this week.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
Lawmakers repeatedly asked what went wrong in the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank fiascos.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2023
I’d rather cheer for a kooky blockbuster that’s all fiascos, like the midpoint Monty Python-esque sequence where the crew botches the resurrection and interrogation of craggy old corpses.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
He could see Bannister Field, the scene of his many hilarious athletic fiascos.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
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