let down
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"Pupils, parents and schools have been badly let down," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
"People have heard this sort of talk before only to be badly let down because nothing changes – Burnham mustn't repeat that mistake," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
She said patients of the consultant, Aidan O'Brien, were badly let down, facing delays in diagnosis and treatment, including cancer care.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
His group’s focus fits with the thing that had let down Sophia.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
Fox wiped her slender fingers on her apron and let down her curly red hair.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
While Avast’s server list highlights specific servers as optimized for streaming, their performance was somewhat of a let-down.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Enzo Maresca's side have squandered eight points from winning positions already this season and the latest let-down came at Stamford Bridge when Sunderland's Chemsdine Talbi's snatched a stoppage-time winner.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
This whole experience, though, was as much of a let-down for Slot's team as it was a glorious one for Plymouth.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
“We’ve had let-down tournaments, but it’s never been at the Olympics.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024
The truth was, we were all relieved: without quite realising it, we’d been bracing ourselves for a let-down.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
