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also débâcles
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as in disasters
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929
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as in failures
something that has failed
the movie, which some had predicted would be a blockbuster, turned out to be the summer's biggest debacle at the multiplexes
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The area has survived numerous disasters.Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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As the number of billion-dollar disasters rises as a result of climate change, the economic toll of extreme weather will be increasingly difficult to absorb.Justin Worland, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Mutual Accountability High-performance teams take collective ownership of their success and failures.Lynda Silsbee, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Judy Randall, the nonpartisan head of Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor, said that multiple state agencies under the Walz administration have repeatedly downplayed and ignored looming oversight failures, according to a CNN report.Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
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These are often catastrophes, as the US found out recently from hurricanes Helene and Milton.Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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This enhances your company’s resilience to catastrophes and improves the outcomes of challenges that will occur in the future.Topsie VandenBosch, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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In this worldview, restraints on power are for losers, too.Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2024
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Perhaps worse, the losers will face heavy and continuing attrition of their ground forces from attacking FPVs without being able to strike in return.David Hambling, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Other families that have experienced their own tragedies are also working for change.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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Born on April 11, 1928, Kennedy suffered a number of tragedies in her long life.CBS News, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Parents encourage discovery and challenge while offering support during setbacks and disappointments, says Anita.Christin Perry, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024
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Unfortunately, the film was never released, as the studio deemed the two-color animation of insufficient quality—the first of many professional disappointments for Sholpo in his attempts to promote the Variophone.Lauren Rosati, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Amid the calamities of the pandemic, these wealthy leaders wanted to support Asian American causes.E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
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The issue is that the disaster fund has already been partly depleted from dealing with earlier calamities, including floods, tornadoes, and wildfires.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Debacles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debacles. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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