flunk
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The difference between dropping the SAT and dropping the civil service examination is that incompetent students flunk out in a year or so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
It’s saying, “Oh, yay, I get to flunk another math test this week,” when what you mean is that you are freaked out about your consistently terrible grades in math class.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2024
If you flunk three times, as Moon did before passing on her fourth try, you have to pay another $41 fee to start a new round of test-taking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2023
This other teacher is going to flunk me.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2022
Mr. Neck changed it at the very last second because he wants to flunk me or hates me or something.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
The government automatically flunks this test any time the court determines that it lacks such an interest.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2021
Jack plays her love interest, beating Rock Hudson, who flunks his screen test by mixing up his lines.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2020
Andy’s so busy with his secretary planning the high-school graduation that he flunks a final.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2020
As a policy argument, Friedman’s thesis flunks key empirical tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2016
“We just saw this episode two weeks ago. Lashonda flunks home ec and gets caught lending Troy’s letter jacket to that college guy she’s been dating on the side.”
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
Turns out I hadn’t flunked technology after all.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
By her own account, the 85-year-old, originally from New York, "flunked" every art class she ever took, from elementary school to high school.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Masse’s professors would have flunked him if he used artificial intelligence for designs and images, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
The defending champion flunked her first run as world champion Atkin set the pace with 90.50.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
"I flunked Oral Expression, though. They had this course you had to take, Oral Expression. That I flunked."
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
The freshman and sophomore years were tough, with some core courses flunking or dropping almost half the students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
On each corner of 23rd Avenue and Jefferson Street, including by the Ezell’s Famous Chicken, protesters carried signs reading “Shots Fired, We’re Tired,” or “report cards” grading Seattle Public Schools as flunking on safety.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
By any measure of Saturday’s debacle, he is flunking that test.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
He also described flunking his first chemistry exam as a first-year undergraduate student.
From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2023
Nobody ever asked to join her program—students were assigned to it after they’d missed so much school they were in danger of flunking out, dropping out, or getting kicked off the roster.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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