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 story’s correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi accused CBS News management of placating the White House, turning the decision into a public relations fiasco for the network.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The law of unintended consequences is real; the parking fiasco at Balboa Park proved that.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
This fiasco didn’t happen naturally.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
The saga of this pipeline project, which was known as the Trans Mountain Expansion, or TMX, is now familiar to most Canadians as a fiasco of epic proportions.
—Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The law of unintended consequences is real; the parking fiasco at Balboa Park proved that.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
This fiasco didn’t happen naturally.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
The saga of this pipeline project, which was known as the Trans Mountain Expansion, or TMX, is now familiar to most Canadians as a fiasco of epic proportions.
—Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fiasco
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiasco
Noun
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More than a dozen scientists, meteorologists and disaster experts queried by The Associated Press put the March heat wave in a kind of ultra-extreme classification with such events as the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave, the 2022 Pakistan floods and killer hurricanes Helene, Harvey and Sandy.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The satellites would be used to power solar panels, even during non-peak sun hours, as well as to illuminate disaster zones and expand daytime hours.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
20 Mar. 2026
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The American people are not stupid and will not accept more failure theater from Republicans in Congress.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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Cycads can be lethally poisonous to dogs due to a toxin called cycasin, which causes abdominal pain, seizures, coma and liver failure.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Fiasco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiasco. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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