Sentence examples for a debacle that from inspiring English sources

"Requiem" stuns the audience into facing a debacle that goes beyond the West's simply ignoring a distant atrocity.

It was Mr. Dimon's latest public appearance following his bank's disclosure of a multimillion-dollar trading loss, a debacle that has emboldened proponents of the Volcker Rule.

Their demand that the Democrats rescind the key parts of many of the laws that Mr Obama has passed over the past five years was the principal reason for a debacle that has embarrassed America.

Eighteen days later, Mr. Eagleton was forced to resign from the ticket in a debacle that culminated with Mr. McGovern's enduring one of the worst defeats in presidential history.

But Mr. McCain won by 18 points, a debacle that still haunts the president and serves as a reminder to his 2004 campaign, as if any were needed, of the wild unpredictability of politics.

Mr. Perot contended that the accusations stemmed from California's desperate attempts to shift blame for the failure of its efforts to deregulate electricity, a debacle that led to sharp price spikes in California and in neighboring states in 2000.

This entirely misses the point that the pageant is a clumsy debacle that releases a jesting cruelty among the male spectators, shortly destined for the trenches.

Federal officials have approved a financing plan of nearly $14.1 billion for the "Big Dig" tunnel project here, closing a chapter on a financial debacle that led to firings and criminal investigations.

"Kayaktivists"—inflamed by Shell's many mishaps, including a 2012 debacle that ended with a runaway drill rig in the Gulf of Alaska prepared to blockade the Shell vessels as they passed through the Pacific Northwest.

An effort by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to earn money nearly a decade ago through "creative solutions" could end up as a financial debacle that costs the city $68 million or more, a delayed effect of the nationwide subprime mortgage crisis, financial analysts and legal experts said.

For his part, Brady said his office's involvement in what has turned into a national debacle that has caused many to question whether a lawsuit could punish Ardis and the city for possible First and Fourth Amendment violations, was done by the book.