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fails

  • present tense form of fail (3rd person singular).

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After Crain died, Fails couldn’t stop thinking about how Christus Southeast Hospital had ignored her daughter’s condition.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

Last November, Fails reached out to medical malpractice lawyers to see about getting justice through the courts.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

Frantic and crying, Fails locked eyes with her daughter.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

Vanessa Russell, the founding executive director of Love Never Fails, an advocacy and aid organization for survivors of trafficking, points out that stealing a purse while riding a bus is a strike-worthy offense.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023

In exile on his shelves they’re stored; And many a volume, sweet and good and true, Fails in the work that it was made to do.

From Cobwebs from a Library Corner by Bangs, John Kendrick