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Discover LudwigThe phrase "fail by" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate the reason or cause of someone's failure. Here are some examples: 1. "The team failed by not communicating effectively during the game." 2. "The company failed by not adapting to changing market trends." 3. "He failed by not studying enough for the exam." 4. "The project failed by going over budget and missing deadlines." 5. "The plan failed by not considering all potential obstacles."
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Question: Do most business execs fail by failing to focus?
They fail by degrees.
These talks did not fail by accident.
Bureaucracies often fail by their own weight.
Consequently, they fail by cracking under mechanical and thermal loads.
How could he fail?By being astonishingly ill-prepared.
Two clubs was destined to fail by one trick.
This lost to the queen, and she expected to fail by two or three tricks.
The government has set them up to fail by having them compete against existing proven qualifications.
Music biopics - even apparently cautionary tales - frequently fail by fangirling their subject.
These mostly fail by trying too hard, or not hard enough.
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