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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a debacle at the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a disastrous event or situation that occurred at a specific location or context.
Example: "The company faced a debacle at the annual conference, leading to significant reputational damage."
Alternatives: "a disaster at the" or "a failure at the".
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The Kings' blowout of last week -- an 8-2 victoverover the Oilers in Los Angeles -- morphed into something of a debacle at Rexall Place.
A financial debacle at the parent of Swissair thrust the issue into public view.
Sally Hunt, the union's general secretary, said: "The situation around university fees is a complete debacle at the moment.
That attention to detail is what compelled Frank Supovitz, the National Football League's senior vice president for events, to hire Disney to help with this year's Super Bowl, following a seating debacle at the 2011 game.
Two and a half months ago, just after the President's grand jury appearance and his sullen television performance that evening, many Democratic lawmakers were hoping privately that he would resign to spare them what they feared would be a historic debacle at the polls in the fall.
The accounting scandal unfolding at Tesco is not your common or value-range business gaffe: it is crystallising into a debacle right at the top of Britain's corporate establishment.
Determined to shine a light on what he called "the truth held prisoner," Russo blew the whistle on American torture policy in Vietnam and on an intelligence debacle at the center of Vietnam decision-making that helped turn that war into the nightmare it was.
Unions criticised the government for backtracking on installing workers representatives on boards and opposition MPs questioned whether enough safeguards were being put in place to avoid a rerun of the debacle at the collapsed department store BHS.
However, when a green paper was published in November last year the prime minister faced criticism from unions for backtracking on installing workers' representatives on boards, while opposition MPs questioned whether enough safeguards were being put in place to avoid a rerun of the debacle at the collapsed department store chain BHS.
But there was also a twist on the "lip synching" debacle at the Beijing games, whose opening ceremony saw a little girl miming a song that had been pre-recorded by a child deemed less easy on the eye.
Despite the debacle at the press conference Dunst kept a positive outlook simply saying, "Wow, what a week it's been".
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