Sentence examples for put failed from inspiring English sources

Of recent international efforts to put failed states or contested territories under some kind of international trusteeship, East Timor seems among the most successful.

The latest military putsch, on August 6th, put failed and successful coups in the last three decades into double figures and prompted a flood of international criticism, including suspension of aid and of membership of the African Union (AU).

Obama has put failed anti-regulators in positions where they can best undermine the reregulatory effort that is essential to reduce the risk and harm of future crises.

In particular, Republicans said they had won the elimination of a proposed $50 billion fund that would be paid for by big financial companies and would be used to help pay for putting failed banks out of business.

The U.S. Open champion's pace was too hot for McIlroy, whose putting failed to match his tee-to-green play as he shot 71.

He was urged, he said, to put fail-safe customer bait on the menu — dishes like steak and tuna tartare.

Otherwise, the put fails.

She plods through chapter after chapter and when sleep finally comes she puts "Fail-Safe" on the floor beneath "Ficciones".

Then we can turn to the issues of assigning blame or punishment, re-writing the fire code and putting fail-safes in place.

Al-Fahim also put in failed bids on Monday for Valencia's David Villa and Stuttgart's Mario Gomez.

"Simply put, Friehling failed to do his job and lied to investors and regulators in saying he did".