Sentence examples for faced a failure from inspiring English sources

Claimed as an American victory, Tet showed irrefutably that the United States had vastly undercounted the enemy it faced (a failure that General William Westmoreland later explained away as like "trying to estimate the roaches in your kitchen").

Claimed as an American victory, Tet showed irrefutably that the United States had vastly undercounted the enemy it faced (a failure that General William Westmoreland later explained away as like "trying to estimate the roaches in your kitchen").

Facing a failure may make you doubt your abilities and let pessimism take over your mind.

When both the outgoing George W. Bush administration and the incoming administration of Barack Obama were trying to assess the severity of the Great Recession in 2008, they faced a similar data failure.

Lurking just around the corner, too, was the gravest fiscal crisis the city had ever faced -- a failure of trust in municipal credit, and recurrent brushes with bankruptcy that would threaten the fabric of life in New York.

One of the problems that the profession has consistently faced is a failure to explain to the wider public its role in providing support to vulnerable people and families.

Mr Obama may face a double failure: watching his pro-growth policies slide out of reach, and leaving his successor with an entitlements black hole.

Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. said on Saturday that the quake did not damage its two mines, but that it was facing a power failure at its Candelaria mine, which would result in a temporary shutdown.

Nato, too, has to wake up to the fact that it faces a catastrophic failure with very wide consequences for its own future, unless it can start working like an integrated military alliance, rather than a hotchpotch of the committed and the half-hearted.

SaaS startups face a similar failure mode when they go to great lengths to impress big companies during pilot programs only to see their project die due to lack of interest.

Faulk, like other arrestees, is still facing a pending "failure to disperse" charge.