Sentence examples for a potential debacle for from inspiring English sources

General Clark's speech seemed intended to bridge the insurgent aspects of Dr. Dean's candidacy and the concerns of the party regulars who have viewed the prospect of a Dean nomination as a potential debacle for the party.

BEIJING — In a series of dramatically conflicting developments on Wednesday, the Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng left American custody under disputed circumstances, and what briefly looked like a deft diplomatic achievement for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton turned into a potential debacle.

He plays it out for a bit, demanding "cultural tolerance", and then flips the potential debacle with a stunning volley of bait-and-switches.

Now, with Congress entering a winter of discontent, each side expressed outrage — much of it manufactured — on Wednesday and blamed the other side for the potential debacle looming at the end of the week.

I even talked a couple people out of that potential debacle.

Rapidly, it became evident that the company was facing a potential financial debacle.

In other words, mandatory arbitration will probably work out well for Chipotle in the long run, even if the company faces a potential legal debacle right now.

They obscured a running debacle for his campaign.

The final-round victory prevented a complete debacle for Mrs. Merkel, but still had to sting.

Such measures, he said, would be a "strategic debacle for the United States".

"I can't imagine a bigger debacle for the state of Oklahoma," she said.