He says the class action failed because it did not target a single action or policy by Wal-Mart.

VOA: special.2011.06.24

So if in fact I wanted to make sure this was a number, I should have done something like either try and convert it to a number, which of course failed here, or put in a check to say where it is.

因此实际上如果我想确保,这是一个数字的话，我们的课程上的代码,在这里失败了，你或许应该在这里，放一个检查的东西。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Because, depending on which of his classes he passed and which of his classes he failed, the question was going to be, ? was he going to graduate or not?

因为，根据他哪些课及格了,哪些课不及格了，问题变成了，他能否毕业？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Farms in many areas failed because little or no rain fell for several years.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Virginia Republican Eric Cantor asserted that the president failed to offer sufficient specifics or offer reform proposals that Americans are comfortable with.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Most efforts to curb their spread have failed, and many people resort to killing the toads with poison gases or by freezing them.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

"We failed to give them the support they need or pay them the respect they deserve,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.23

"If you have two or three sovereign state institutions fighting each other, it means democracy failed,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

However,despite their successes, the Pakistani security forces had failed to kill or capture top Taliban leaders in the region until the announcement of spokesman Muslim Khan's arrest along with four other commanders on Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11