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The phrase "ago failed" is not correct and usable in written English.
It seems to be a combination of two separate ideas, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "The project failed a year ago."
Alternatives: "failed previously" or "failed in the past."
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Settlement talks a few months ago failed.
A companion bill offered in the state Senate more than a week ago failed without comment.
And his careful copying has preserved for us evidence that while art styles change, children 500 years ago failed much as they do today.
Symantec's chief executive, Enrique Salem, acknowledged at a conference in February that traditional antivirus scans "long ago failed to keep up".
A locksmith training program Mr. Johnson ran years ago failed because customers did not trust the men who came to help them.
So this happened because Congress, about 72 days ago, failed to approve funding for CHIP since the first time it was created two decades ago.
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They gave many educators the choice I wrote about thirty years ago — fail, cut corners, or cheat — and many chose not to fail.
Once the market slows, the typical seller will remember exactly how much a neighbor's house sold for a year ago, fail to adjust his expectations of a similarly stellar profit, and as a result turn down multiple attractive offers.
A similar NASA experiment 13 months ago also failed.
Four years ago, he failed to qualify for the Games in Sydney, Australia.
"They tried to kill the head of the base a few days ago, but failed," Mr. Farzat said.
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