failed (at)

past tense of fail (at)

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missed
Verb
  • Maybe your flight was canceled, your luggage disappeared, you got stranded overseas, missed a cruise departure or learned a hard lesson the hard way.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 21 June 2026
  • The consensus seems to be that the Mavs will target a point guard, which makes sense as the Mavs’ current lead guard, Kyrie Irving, is 34 and missed all of last season recovering from a torn ACL.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2026
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“Failed (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/failed%20%28at%29. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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