Sentence examples for major debacle from inspiring English sources
It's surely harder now too (although scarcely impossible), to sustain a government cover-up of any major debacle.
India's test of a nuclear bomb in 1998 caught American intelligence by surprise; the 1999 bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade during the air war over Kosovo was another major debacle.
USC defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is redeeming himself tonight (after the major debacle at Boston College).
The sinking of a ferry carrying hundreds of students in South Korea last year became a major debacle for the president.
All too often, the hiring process at organizations with job vacancies turns into a major debacle and emphasis shifts from getting someone in the door to surviving the process itself.
Look at the major debacles in the economy in the past quarter-century.
The rules are aimed at bolstering the safety of customer money, an issue that gained prominence after two major debacles erupted over the last year.
"On all the major debacles, including Tyco, Ahold, Enron, Rite Aid, Xerox, Cendant, HealthSouth, WorldCom, Microstrategy, W.R. Grace, Sunbeam, Lucent, Oxford Health and Adelphia, the auditor had a longtime relationship and should have had boat loads of knowledge".
Among the 170 CIA covert operations in 48 countries that Eisenhower authorized, two must rank as major debacles, inflicting especially lasting damage on America's global standing.
"We probably have a major electoral debacle in our future".
If the Government wants to avoid a major urban debacle it must look to Europe and start addressing problems of urban decay and deprivation immediately.
