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The phrase "a system that failed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a system that did not achieve its intended purpose or objectives.
Example: "The investigation revealed that a system that failed contributed to the widespread data breach."
Alternatives: "a malfunctioning system" or "an ineffective system".
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"These were ordinary people doing ordinary things that accumulated in the wrong sequence and creating a system that failed.
"I went out there to help save lives but I came back to a system that failed.
It took the courage and tenacity of 160 girls to take on a system that failed them.
Her lawyer, Alan Stutman, said that he would appeal and that the case was more about a system that failed a mother who needed help.
And both decisions were the result, it seems, of a system that failed in practice, even as it was correctly followed in theory.
Mr. Silman's story of bureaucratic torment and the shortcomings of a system that failed him has dominated the news in Israel ever since.
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They are representatives of a system that fails them and fails in their failure.
But critics question a system that fails to curb the most persistent problems.
Their enthusiasm needs fostering, not stifling by a system that fails to reward the most motivated".
However, that acknowledgment should not lead to a system that fails to value and reward those who are smarter, more motivated and more talented.
Greek asylum procedures are just the tip of the iceberg of a system that fails at every stage to protect refugees and unaccompanied children.
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