Example Sentences

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Trainer Carl Nafzger famously described Unbridled’s stretch run to 92-year-old owner Frances Genter, whose eyesight was failing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

When asked if it was an epidemic the government was failing to cope with, he responded "in a nutshell, yes".

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

The company learned a lot from it and successfully tested new code and ways to move viewers over from one stream to a backup stream if the first one was failing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

The pair kept in touch and when Mr Swinburn found out her previous transplant was failing, he offered her his kidney.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

To some meaningful number of his investors, it looked as if Burry simply did not want to accept the judgment of the marketplace: He’d made a bad bet and was failing to accept his loss.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis