Sentence examples for ostensibly failed from inspiring English sources

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Frantic relatives in Cuba and Miami had passed on reports that they departed for the open sea 10 days earlier, raising alarms about their fate when they ostensibly failed to make a landfall within a week.

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New single 'Dark Road' is ostensibly about a failed love affair - but also refers to our love-hate relationship with America; the gospel-tinged 'Ghosts', a bruised lament.

And then it stalled, ostensibly because the Jets failed to fully understand the provision in Tebow's contract that would cause them to owe so much money to the Broncos.

Three weeks elapsed, however, without a word from Mr. Wolf, so Miss Birmingham went back to the acquaintance to find out why this ostensibly suitable fellow had failed to contact her.

Yazid soon recalled Maslama from his post, ostensibly because he had failed to deliver his provinces' tax haul to Damascus, and replaced him by his protege, Umar ibn Hubayra.

When Sunbadh's revolt was defeated, Sunbadh fled to Tabaristan, but was killed there by one of Khurshid's cousins, ostensibly because he had failed to show the man proper respect.

Mancini was dismissed two days later, ostensibly as he had failed to reach his targets for the season, but BBC sports editor David Bond reported that he had been sacked for his poor communication and relationships with players and executives.

Women being let down by men whose ostensibly liberal values fail to align with their real-life actions?

In the latest attempt, the government imposed an open-ended ban on American chicken imports that started Tuesday, ostensibly because United States companies had failed to adhere to new food safety regulations.

Two years after the ostensibly successful revolution, Libya has failed to build up its police forces and army to the point where they can rebuff these challenges to the basic authority of the state.

Ostensibly, Ms Von Stetina's technological hardware failed because her nurse was too busy to observe and monitor her adequately.

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