Sentence examples for for a debacle from inspiring English sources

ITALY'S greying population and falling birth rate put the country on course for a debacle over its pension system.

Their demand that the Democrats rescind the key parts of many of the laws that Mr Obama has passed over the past five years was the principal reason for a debacle that has embarrassed America.

Throw in a few untimely generator shutdowns and cold, dry weather in the Northwest that reduced the supply of hydroelectric power from that region, and the result is a recipe for a debacle.

By offering alternative tactics for Iraq that are overly precise, the Democrats may assume a share of the blame for a debacle that properly and solely belongs to Bush.

He didn't pick himself, after all, but the South Australian quick timed his run into the Test side both brilliantly – in that the end of the Rod Marsh selection era put literally anyone in contention – but also disastrously, in that he should be called up for a debacle like the Hobart Test.

The Rio Games will also be remembered for a debacle that was not of its own making: the false claims by the American swimmer Ryan Lochte that he and some of his teammates had been pulled over and robbed at gunpoint by men describing themselves as police officers.

"It's the perfect ending for such a debacle," said Michael Redman, a paralegal who runs 4closurefraud.org, a Web site for victims of foreclosure abuse.

The president's move last fall to take his jobs plan on the road to try to sell it to the American public, an effort that culminated in the payroll tax extension battle that is now widely perceived as a win for Mr. Obama and a debacle for Congressional Republicans, was just the beginning, administration officials and Mr. Obama's advisers say.

Nothing these days drives Mr. Gingrich closer to apoplexy than the way the Republican establishment and conservative commentators have closed ranks to oppose him for fear that a Gingrich nomination will be a debacle for the party.

The healthcare.gov launch is a debacle for those who believe that we should outsource public services to for-profit companies without adequate planning and oversight.

He especially took Lindsey Graham to task for calling the situation a "debacle," asking the Senator, "Why can't you take 'no war' for an answer?" Watch part one – "Fifty Shades Of Graham" – above and part two where he takes on the rest of the war hawks below.