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The two times he left the Patriots were for head coaching gigs—and they went so disastrously that he was fired midway through his second season both occasions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

The Islamic republic has weathered previous blistering attacks -- by Iraq in the 1980s and Israel last June -- and a 1980 US helicopter mission to free hostages ended disastrously.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

There again, it misses some other periods, such as the 1970s and parts of the 1980s, when U.S. stocks disastrously underperformed international stocks.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

If the company gets over its overamplification, which cheapens everything it presents, that need not disastrously lessen the impact.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

His service as wartime governor of Virginia had ended disastrously when British troops burned the capital as Jefferson galloped off and into official disgrace.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis