Example Sentences

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Hololei agreed, adding: "Otherwise we will be failing very short of the targets have been set."

From Reuters • Jan. 16, 2023

The charity Mind said the UK government "will be failing an entire generation unless it prioritises investment in young people's mental health services".

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2022

If they do not, they will be failing not only this generation of patients but many millions more to come.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2022

If he doesn't order that judge-led inquiry, I think he will be failing to understand both the gravity and scale of this crisis.

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2012

No," he said seriously; "and that's where you will be failing.

From By Berwen Banks by Raine, Allen