Sentence examples for is debacle from inspiring English sources

Desperately needed reforms were thwarted, opportunities lost — and it was more than a sexual scandal that made Mr. Spitzer's truncated governorship an exceptional debacle in a capital city that is debacle central.

Even the Gulf States and Israel, more "close" allies in the IS debacle, are undermining efforts by financing and arming groups in Syria they feel might serve them.

"Most people here believe the US and Saudi are one and when it comes strictly down to oil money, the ultimate benefactor from the whole IS debacle is Saudi/the US.

Shah admits that sometimes there are debacles.

"It is a debacle," he told Bloomberg TV.

In his sound bites, the JPMorgan affair is a "debacle".

The latest example is the debacle around Larry Summers.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has rejected claims his flagship welfare policy is a "debacle".

It is a debacle of a cycle.

Finally, I draw some general lessons from the DSM-5 BE debacle.

It was a debacle.