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fails

verb as in abandon, forsake

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The video, Stockton argued, fails to include a sex education component and instead offers "misleading" context in an effort to teach pubescent children that a fetus is a human life.

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The current system fails to intervene early enough to stop people becoming unemployed and misses opportunities to support their return, the DWP said.

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"As the nation’s highest court, we have a duty to ensure that the power entrusted to federal judges by the Constitution is not abused. Today, the court fails to carry out that responsibility."

From Salon

However, Israel's foreign ministry swiftly rejected the Arab League's statement endorsing the Egyptian plan, saying it "fails to address the realities of the situation following 7 October 2023, remaining rooted in outdated perspectives".

From BBC

"Humor fails when it lies," Musk fired back in a reply.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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