variants also débâcle

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Recent Examples of debacle California Supreme Court orders state bar to revert to national exams after testing debacle. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2025 And while the Mets are 7-4 when their substitute starters pitch (even after Sunday’s bullpen debacle behind Megill), the other teams are all below .500 with their fill-ins. Tim Britton, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025 Newark’s latest round of headaches comes on the tail of a manic Monday that saw 287 delays and 127 cancellations at the airport by 6 p.m. An equipment outage was blamed for that debacle. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025 Neither showed up in the Game 5 debacle in Houston. Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for debacle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debacle
Noun
  • States like Florida could be forced to assume billions in costs for health care and disaster preparedness.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • Some states, including Florida and Texas, are already adequately prepared for disasters, according to the acting chief.
    Gabriela Aoun Angueira, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The winner takes all and the losers are driven to lose their humanity.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • When policymakers’ ambition to pass big tax cuts collides with the need to limit the cost, the inevitable loser is simplicity.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Kennedy's new vision — and view of past 'failures' At times, Kennedy has praised the staff of HHS.
    Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 13 May 2025
  • Scientists at a California biotech company first identified the disease, which, if left untreated, can lead to liver failure and death.
    Scott Suckow, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • There were a lot of tragedies, there were a lot of difficult things that happened.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • Two weeks ago, the tragedy in Pahalgam that claimed the lives of Indian tourists sparked rightful outrage.
    Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • What Trump really thought of the Signal group chat fiasco: The Atlantic’s Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer describe their discussions with Trump over the group chat a journalist was accidentally added into.
    Cate Martel, The Hill, 30 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
Noun
  • The de facto trade embargo between the world’s two largest economies had produced domestic and global economic pressure that appeared on the brink of calamity.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
  • This belies the notion that the CCP would be a reliable partner if the world ever faced calamity again.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025

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“Debacle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debacle. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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