as in disaster
something that has failed
undaunted by his early fiascoes, he continued his experiments in rocketry
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Recent Examples of fiasco
Read: Inside the fiasco at the National Security Council
In saner times, under sounder leadership, changes to the intelligence community would perhaps be welcome.
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James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Now, more federal resources will be wasted on this fiasco as the government tries to move forward with a prosecution of a sitting judge whose alleged crime was simply letting a defendant walk through a different hallway.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
Why Brexit and bonds are top of mind now
Then-Prime Minister Liz Truss backed a fiasco of a plan that proposed aggressive tax cuts without cost savings.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
But so far, fans seem satisfied with the prospect of a MrBeast studio visit, and the fiasco of the past few days is unlikely to put a dent in his massive popularity.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
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James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Now, more federal resources will be wasted on this fiasco as the government tries to move forward with a prosecution of a sitting judge whose alleged crime was simply letting a defendant walk through a different hallway.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
Why Brexit and bonds are top of mind now
Then-Prime Minister Liz Truss backed a fiasco of a plan that proposed aggressive tax cuts without cost savings.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
But so far, fans seem satisfied with the prospect of a MrBeast studio visit, and the fiasco of the past few days is unlikely to put a dent in his massive popularity.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiasco
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Similarly, the market-resilience work performed by a lab at the University of California, Davis, offers solutions to farmers and agricultural communities that are vulnerable to intensifying weather disasters.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Federal database that tracked costly weather disasters no longer being updated How to prepare for an earthquake disaster Huge earthquakes have long been an existential crisis for millions along the West Coast, as described in a 2022 USA TODAY article.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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While human error is the leading cause of data loss, other causes include hardware failure, theft, software corruption, viruses, natural disasters and power failure.—
Chongwei Chen,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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When the administration announced the proclamation on Wednesday, Trump argued that Harvard’s failure to disclose information on international student misconduct threatened national security.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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“Fiasco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiasco. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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