Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Occasions
Occasions noun - Something you have to do.
Both words in one sentence
- On several occasions, a contestant was so dominant that his/her opponent's chances at playing the game are severely limited and more than once, those opponents fail on their few opportunities.
Source: Epic Fail / Game Shows -
After the shark attacks the teenagers and sends them adrift on a raft cobbled together of what's left of their sailboats, help arrives on two occasions, but they each fail in different ways.
Source: The Cavalry -
Running Gag: In the first episode there are three occasions where Ness can try and fail to get a soda out of a vending machine.
Source: Video Game / Blues And Bullets
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