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Example sentences for: failing

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Hendrickson cannot be held accountable for failing to trace many of the expressions to their source: even though many are not much more than a hundred years old, there is no way to document them.
The International Court of Justice had asked Virginia to postpone the execution, saying police had violated the Vienna Convention by failing to inform Breard of his right to be helped by Paraguayan consular officials.
The most divisive policy point is centered on President Clinton's suggestion earlier in the week that countries failing to meet basic labor standards might be subject to WTO sanctions.
Survivors interviewed by the paper blamed the government for not conducting adequate building inspections, failing to create food reserves, and failing to equip them for emergencies.
But failing to be a villain doesn't make him a hero, either.