The word "fail" is correct and can be used in written English. You can use it to indicate that someone did not achieve something, such as "She failed the exam." It can also be used to describe a situation of non-success, such as "The business venture failed.".
"Should Fifa fail to do so, we have informed them that we will reassess our sponsorship".
Words fail.
Beyond anecdote, we know very little about what kind and quantity of information is being delisted from search results, what sources are being delisted and on what scale, what kinds of requests fail and in what proportion, and what are Google's guidelines in striking the balance between individual privacy and freedom of expression interests.
A Labour source said that, given teenagers have a "tremendous vested interest in whether or not we stay in the EU or leave", there could be a strong appetite for amending the EU referendum bill in the Lords, even if Labour and the SNP fail to recruit the relatively small number of Tory rebels they would need to defeat the government in the Commons.
In his opinion, the ongoing talks are doomed to fail because Iran will never put up with the US.
It has been dubbed an "epic fail" and the biggest screw-up in reality TV history – and left some wondering if it wasn't all just a publicity stunt.
The rich can fail to develop sensible long-term financial plans of the kind that all of us can and should do; they still have to cope with the emotional fallout of personal tragedies like Sandberg's.
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Terminologist and Q/A Analyst @ Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union