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
The fiasco quickly went viral and in the following years inspired documentaries from both Hulu and Netflix.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiasco
Noun
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By ordering these strikes, Trump acted without congressional approval and in contradiction to his campaign promise to avoid the kind of disasters experienced in Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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One of the factors that exacerbated the Chernobyl disaster was a design flaw within the nuclear reactor that exploded, Bernstein said, adding that the design is no longer used.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
21 June 2025
Noun
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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
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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 6 Jul. 2025.
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