Definition of "débâcles" [debacles]

• Plural form of debacle. (noun)

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• "The conclusion sounds right -- that Obama is in reasonably good shape, but that it's a mistake to extrapolate from 1982 and 1994 and conclude that just because Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton followed up midterm debacles with landslides, Obama is sure to do so."
• "I never had to see 'em lose to Michigan while I was (and still am) at Ohio State, this is almost so monumental those two national title debacles are almost forgiven."
• "In short, Kathy Shaidle and Loki, the reason the Conservative party hasn’t become involved in these latest little Human Rights Commission debacles, is that they tend to invite comment from intellectual dwarfs who think that Ernst Zundel has “nothing offensive” on his site."