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At UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, he wrote, students have been failing basic tests in areas like family medicine and pediatrics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Tesla’s profits per share and revenue have been failing to meet investor expectations.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

Across swathes of Khartoum, factories, banks and shops have been looted or damaged, power and water supplies have been failing and residents have reported steep price rises and shortages of basic goods.

From Reuters • May 5, 2023

A strong job market is of course good for workers, particularly when their raises have been failing to keep up with inflation.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2023

Many millions of men had essayed this task before Balzac's time and had failed, as millions of other men have been failing ever since.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 by Various