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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
fail . - noun Plural form of
fail .
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Examples
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Promoted to Headline (H4) on 5/11/09: Wanda Sykes Takes Aim and Pierces Limbaugh's Treasonous Heart yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Wanda Sykes Takes Aim and Pierces Limbaugh\'s Treasonous Heart'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: "Rush Limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails, so you\'re saying, \'I hope America fails\', you\'re, like, \'I dont care about people losing their homes, their jobs, our soldiers in Iraq\ '.
Wanda Sykes Takes Aim and Pierces Limbaugh's Treasonous Heart 2009
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Most American blacks have a far more attenuated connection to their African ancestors, and this country being both a cultural melting pot and a nation fascinated with racial and ethnic categorizations, the term fails to define our experience accurately.
Don’t Bring Home a White Boy KARYN LANGHORNE FOLAN 2010
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But all those other extras will never be seen if the search engine doesn't find your article because the title fails to use the essential keywords.
Printing: Create Search Engine Optimized Great Article Titles 2009
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But all those other extras will never be seen if the search engine doesn't find your article because the title fails to use the essential keywords.
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This partial obscuring of the label fails to conform to the requirements of the federal motor vehicle safety standard for child restraint systems.
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This partial obscuring of the label fails to conform to the requirements of the federal motor vehicle safety standard for child restraint systems.
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Anyone, like you, who is an atheist understands that the term fails to convey anything about us other than our position towards one existential proposition.
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Not only does this creepy bit of newspeak offend the critical mind, but it does a severe injustice to the audience, because the term fails to adequately describe the event.
New Speak 2004
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Not only does this creepy bit of newspeak offend the critical mind, but it does a severe injustice to the audience, because the term fails to adequately describe the event.
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Not only does this creepy bit of newspeak offend the critical mind, but it does a severe injustice to the audience, because the term fails to adequately describe the event.
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