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
Yet lawmakers still didn't come out of the political fiasco with a concrete deal for how to reduce insurance and drug prices for patients.
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Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Much of the New Left, disillusioned with electoral politics after the fiasco of the Democratic Convention in Chicago, went back to the land.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
But there seems to be little chance of full-on fiasco.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Madrid’s next match after the Celta fiasco was against Manchester City.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
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Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Much of the New Left, disillusioned with electoral politics after the fiasco of the Democratic Convention in Chicago, went back to the land.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
But there seems to be little chance of full-on fiasco.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Madrid’s next match after the Celta fiasco was against Manchester City.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiasco
Noun
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Depending on the weather, a disaster emergency could be declared, which can help access state and federal funding.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Camarda — who was also a member of the first space shuttle crew to launch after the 2003 Columbia disaster — is among a group of former NASA employees who do not believe that the space agency should put astronauts on board the upcoming lunar excursion.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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That last-minute development is reviving debate about the extent of state support for Vanke, one of the last major developers to have avoided an outright default after a broader property market slump sparked record debt failures in recent years.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Poetry is a testament to the failure of wolves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Fiasco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiasco. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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