as in fiasco
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Recent Examples of nonevent
Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news.
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Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
When Amy cuts off Danny in a parking lot of a big-box store, what could have been a nonevent turns into a high-speed car chase with a side of property damage.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
But the demise of Silvergate, which returned all of its customers’ deposits, is a nonevent in light of the fact SVB is 20 times as big, and that other SVB-size banks are on the ropes, too.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 10 Mar. 2023
The witness’s outfit was a nonevent.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
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Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
When Amy cuts off Danny in a parking lot of a big-box store, what could have been a nonevent turns into a high-speed car chase with a side of property damage.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
But the demise of Silvergate, which returned all of its customers’ deposits, is a nonevent in light of the fact SVB is 20 times as big, and that other SVB-size banks are on the ropes, too.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 10 Mar. 2023
The witness’s outfit was a nonevent.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonevent
Noun
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Note that not a single member involved in the texting fiasco, including at least one top official who appears to have participated while traveling in Russia, was sensible enough to question their collective lack of operational security.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2025
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And to be clear: Butler deserves far more of the blame for his fiasco, because of his deplorable behavior in his final months with the Heat.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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However, he’s also had his share of expensive disasters, such as Joao Felix, Santiago Arias and Nikola Kalinić.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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All the while, he’s typically dressed in a form-fitting dress, a shoulder-length wig and heeled boots (because open-toed shoes around hatchets and augers could spell disaster).—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the grit and sweat of the city’s work, a charter might prevent debacles such as the city’s giveaway of its parking meters, or even the midnight destruction of Meigs Field.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Several Democratic senators, including Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), have attempted to use the debacle to illustrate a lack of Republican control over national security.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2025
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Some of those locations are likely to see 4 to 8 inches of rain, and this will lead to widespread flooding, mudslides and road washouts.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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Rohit Sharma’s team are the only unit that have gained three wins from three, although there have been three washouts in the tournament which has prevented South Africa and the Baggy Greens from the possibility of matching them.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Since turkeys can’t ask the typical first-date questions to field out the losers, hens have to rely on something else.—
Alice Jones Webb,
Outdoor Life,
21 Mar. 2025
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The fact these losers want to jail Andrew and Tristan Tate for preaching their version of traditional masculinity highlights the fact that these fascist feminists are fragile weaklings incapable of defending their position in the free marketplace of ideas.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The pizza had a solid undercarriage with a little flop but stayed firm when bent at the crust.—
Jamie Graziano,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Mar. 2025
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This is a fairly low rate of production even by the standards of the Apple Vision Pro, which has widely been viewed as a flop.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To prevent roadside bomb ambushes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Americans learned to get ahead of the problem and hunt down the men who built and distributed the bombs.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Authorities said at least one person threw Molotov cocktails—crude bombs filled with gasoline or another flammable liquid—and fired several rounds from a weapon into the vehicles.—
TIME,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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Taylor Swift watched the Kansas City Chiefs' hopes of a three-peat fizzle earlier this month when the Philadelphia Eagles steamrolled the Chiefs to win the 2025 Super Bowl.—
Chantz Martin,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Deal, No Deal While some deals soar and some fizzle, some never go through, ending in the wonderful world of what might have been.—
Louis Biscotti,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Nonevent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonevent. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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