failures
- plural of failure.
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Appeared in the June 17, 2026, print edition as 'When Schools Try to Cover Up Their Failures'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Failures in these partner proteins could help explain diseases that arise from shortened telomeres.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2025
Failures in Mental Health: The downward spiral of one inmate, Markus Johnson, shows the larger failures of American prisons to care for the mentally ill.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024
Failures at both Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank met that criteria.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023
“No, I don’t need sleep. Failures don’t need sleep. Anyway, I slept yesterday.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
