as in fails
to be unsuccessful
the movie flunks, both as entertainment and as a dramatization of a historical incident
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Biomimicry often fails when the design is too large, Hassanalian says, but is most efficient on the microscale.—
Tom Brown,
Space.com,
25 May 2026 -
Between her thirst-trap selfies and fabulous rendezvous, the 84-year-old never fails to deliver in the content department.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
25 May 2026
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And Artificial Integrity collapses when ethical purpose, moral recognition, and social legitimacy become internally deficient or mutually incompatible.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The other satellite system, NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), typically uses radar imaging to continually map and track changes across the Earth’s surface, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, and ice sheet collapses.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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Joel Embiid is a great player, one of the best bigs in f—ing basketball history, flops.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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One of the best bigs in [expletive] basketball history flops.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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But for me, this narrative misses just how precarious the Premier League has become from a tactical point of view.—
Jon Mackenzie,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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That question misses the point.—
Sally C. Pipes,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2026
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“Flunks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flunks. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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