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Cycles of great-power rivalry, where leading states grasped ineffectively for hegemony, shaped the emergence of both dynastic empires and modern nations while testing statesmen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The IG's report found that the bank's management and board failed to adequately manage its risk as it rapidly grew in size, and ineffectively communicated its financial moves, which helped set off the bank run.

From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2023

After ineffectively launching the program, the audit said, the number of fatalities rose in nearly every subsequent year.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

But Bale has played sparingly and occasionally ineffectively for Madrid in recent years.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022

Millions of Europeans spent centuries behind the plow, staring at the blade as it ineffectively mired itself in the earth.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann