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
Where the carcasses would end up after the rodeo was a subject of some mystery, on account of the Audubon Zoo fiasco of 2021.
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Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
If February was a fiasco, Monday is the do-over — this time with chaperones.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
Netflix released a documentary on the fiasco in 2019.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2025
This fiasco competes with the high-speed rail project for the best way to waste taxpayer dollars.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
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Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
If February was a fiasco, Monday is the do-over — this time with chaperones.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
Netflix released a documentary on the fiasco in 2019.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2025
This fiasco competes with the high-speed rail project for the best way to waste taxpayer dollars.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiasco
Noun
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Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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That question frames an episode that opens not with battle, but with the kind of stillness that comes before disaster.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Wilson argued the Charlotte attack resulted from several failures, from lax ticket enforcement to reliance on private security, rather than policies from Cooper’s tenure.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now, as a photojournalist working with the Kansas City Defender and as the creator of the upcoming podcast Fountain City Files, Harrison focuses on stories involving missing Black women, systemic failures in law enforcement and community neglect.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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