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Recent Examples of fiasco The fiasco quickly went viral and in the following years inspired documentaries from both Hulu and Netflix. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025 Officials will be checking to make sure drivers who enter the property have tickets for the event, hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s fiasco at the Copa America final, where unticketed fans were able to rush into the stadium, overwhelming officers. Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025 Trump’s opponents are already depicting this fiasco as emblematic of an administration that loves to shoot itself in the foot, then put the bloody foot in its mouth. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 All summer long, the press brayed about the fiasco, to the point where Sargent fled Paris for London. Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fiasco
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Noun
  • As someone takes on roles that have elements of power associated with it, that can be a recipe for disaster.
    Heather V. MacArthur, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Lighting effects, which demonstrate how self-driving vehicles avoid disaster, may give vibes from Magic Kingdom’s Tron Lightcycle / Run coaster.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Ensure your team members learn how to code securely, promote an approach where nobody is blamed after a failure, and value those who report issues quickly.
    Sai Sandeep Ogety, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Extreme heat can cause wiring insulation to deteriorate faster, leading to shorts or failures in electrical components.
    Bethany Wales, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025

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“Fiasco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiasco. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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