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"proves a failure" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to an attempt to accomplish something that ended in failure. For example, "The experiment proved a failure, leaving the scientists no closer to a solution."
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Shareholders have a lot to fear if gigantism proves a failure.
For Forbes Inc., the New York-based publisher of Forbes Magazine and his partner in the Spanish licensing venture, "their only risk is if the magazine really proves a failure, because that could hurt their image," Mr. Rodríguez said Thursday during an interview in his office, inside what had been an abandoned printing-equipment plant.
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Milner's schemes proved a failure.
The scheme was dropped after proving a failure.
The institutional framework of world governance erected since World War II proved a failure.
If Mudda proved a failure, it still enhanced Mr. Gabriel's reputation with other musicians.
"In the end," Price said, "the tsunami's assault proved a failure.
After that proved a failure, he joined the fight to liberate Afghanistan from Soviet occupation.
In the end, India's gentle handling of the Tigers proved a failure.
With invitation proving a failure, it was time to try coercion.
The school soon proved a failure, and he and Garrick left for London in 1737.
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