Sentence examples for a cascade of failures from inspiring English sources

From that initial problem, a cascade of failures followed.

BP's own report on the disaster blamed a cascade of failures by multiple companies.

Because aluminum melts at 1,200 degrees, such heat would set off a cascade of failures, ending in disaster.

Investigators found that the resulting short circuits began a cascade of failures and miscalculations that resulted in the rig's sinking.

Some experts have pointed to failures in high-voltage transmission lines controlled by FirstEnergy Corporation, in Ohio, as the first of a cascade of failures in the catastrophe.

The broader the network, the broader the risk that a few problems, like short-circuited transmission lines, can produce a cascade of failures.

With no veteran leader in either the rotation or bullpen, rattled nerves led to a cascade of failure.

LATE last month, nearly three million Floridians were without electricity after a cascade of power failures, caused by equipment problems, swept across the state.

His first priority, overriding every other concern, had to be preventing a cascade of financial failures that would cripple the economy.

All these problems lead to one really big problem: The trains are terminally late, obstructed daily by a cascade of system failures.

Similarly, a recent Lloyd's of London report cautioned that "a loss of power could lead to a cascade of operational failures that could leave society and the global economy severely disabled".