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How To Use debacle In A Sentence

• Sceptics stung by that debacle may still be wary. Times, Sunday Times
• Following England's World Cup debacle, the site became part of a wider charge sheet that suggested Capello had lost the sure-footedness that guided the team to qualification, amid questions about his decision to renege on an earlier promise not to pick injured players, to take those in form to South Africa and his aloof style. Capello Index risks clash with Premier League as fiasco escalates
• The debacle threatens to stymie the country's dynamic agricultural sector.
• When Glenn McGrath ricked his ankle while stepping on a stray cherry in Australia's pre-match warm-up, the façade of fear that had been erected during the Lord's debacle was torn down in an instant.
• For one thing, it will force the government to produce a compelling, coherent, consistent, and persuasive account of their programs, their debacles, and their triumphs.
• These two debacles take us right to the core of how service professionals handle and account for risk when they take on highly - lucrative contracts from clients.
• He cannot risk a role in yet another debacle. Times, Sunday Times
• Either he's trying to force the debates commission to "postpone" the VP debate -- in which case it will never be rescheduled, sparing Palin another debacle -- or he's trying to throw Obama off his game with this distraction about whether or not he's going to show up. Election Central Morning Roundup
• The productive exercise at this juncture is to figure out how to prevent, as best we can, the grislier parts of this debacle from happening again. The Politics Of Vengeance
• The orb might be the only thing rescued from this debacle. Odyssey