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
Word of the fiasco (and all the gory details) soon hit the media.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
The fiscal fiasco was built on the hallucinatory claim that California enjoyed a $97.5 billion surplus.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Any evaluation of Devers must include the ongoing fiasco involving his unwillingness to move off of third base in Boston.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Breaking down the Hope Florida fiasco Review: Norwegian Aqua taps into Gen X for Port Canaveral debut
House OKs hotel tax overhaul.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
The fiscal fiasco was built on the hallucinatory claim that California enjoyed a $97.5 billion surplus.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Any evaluation of Devers must include the ongoing fiasco involving his unwillingness to move off of third base in Boston.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Breaking down the Hope Florida fiasco Review: Norwegian Aqua taps into Gen X for Port Canaveral debut
House OKs hotel tax overhaul.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiasco
Noun
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For these communities and others like them (our thoughts are with the people of Central Texas), several days of disaster usually means years of arduous reconstruction.—
Louis Gritzo,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Additionally, the general public came to mistrust and reject nuclear energy projects, further disillusioned by the Three Mile Island disaster.—
Time,
Time,
15 July 2025
Noun
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The changes address failures uncovered a year ago by the ProPublica/CBS News investigation.—
Cassandra Jaramillo,
ProPublica,
12 July 2025
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Ford is recalling over 850,000 vehicles due to a potential low-pressure fuel pump failure, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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“Fiasco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiasco. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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