Sentence examples for fail potentially from inspiring English sources

The rainfall caused flooding along the Yaque del Norte River, and initially there appeared to be a threat that the Tavera Dam along the river would fail, potentially killing thousands in Santiago Province.

He faced harsh criticism from Republicans in Congress for approving a government loan-guarantee for Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturer that later failed, potentially costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

On the return to Earth, a bearing at the Guam tracking station failed, potentially preventing communication on the last segment of the Earth return.

For example, in 2010, Maytag announced a recall on a series of their dishwashers due to a faulty heating element that could fail and potentially cause a fire hazard.

Patients for who these traditional diagnostic and prognostic tools fail can potentially be discerned with microarray technology.

Last summer Mali ranked 79th on an index of failed, or potentially failing countries, published by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace.

If it fails, Europe potentially faces a second Syria – this time right on its doorstep.

At the same time, a false negative means the system has failed, with potentially devastating consequences.

defer.add img); For novice drivers or drivers taking their road test, failing to completely stop will severely hurt your score and potentially fail your test immediately.

Her discussions of professionalism largely exclude the extant literature on the "professional military ethic" and fail to pursue potentially illuminating analogies to medicine, law and policing.

Upping the tempo requires liberalising or scrapping state-run energy monopolies, which fail to exploit potentially vast oil and gas reserves.