| Failed trying to steal a base | 29 |
| Failed utopian community of 1840's Illinois | 47 |
| Failed utterly | 14 |
| Failed VCRs | 11 |
| Failed, as a pass | 17 |
| Failed, as a plan | 17 |
| Failed, as an HTTP request | 26 |
| Failed, on Broadway | 19 |
| Failing | 7 |
| Failing at the last possible minute | 35 |
| Failing business's woe | 26 |
| Failing grades | 14 |
| Failing inspection, say | 23 |
| Failing marks | 13 |
| Failing of the self-centered | 28 |
| Failing on the stage | 20 |
| Failing onstage | 15 |
| Failing spectacularly | 21 |
| Failing that | 12 |
| Failing the polygraph | 21 |
| Failing the white-glove test | 28 |
| Failing the white-glove test, say | 33 |
| Failing to be clear-cut | 23 |
| Failing to beat the bell | 24 |
| Failing to finish one's grammatical analysis? | 49 |
| Failing to grasp a key element | 30 |
| Failing to pay the government? | 30 |
| Failing to show, say | 20 |
| Failing to understand | 21 |
| Failing to win or lose | 22 |
| Failings | 8 |
| FAILS | 5 |
| Fails a polygraph | 17 |
| Fails as a performer | 20 |
| Fails completely | 16 |
| Fails in | 8 |
| Fails miserably | 15 |
| Fails on stage | 14 |
| Fails resoundingly | 18 |
| Fails to | 8 |
| Fails to amuse, as a joke | 25 |
| Fails to be | 11 |
| Fails to be alert | 17 |
| Fails to be involved in | 23 |
| Fails to catch a pop-up | 23 |
| Fails to entertain a Nobelist physicist's swine? | 52 |
| Fails to enunciate | 18 |
| Fails to exist | 14 |
| Fails to factor in | 18 |
| Fails to fathom | 15 |
| Fails to float | 14 |
| Fails to follow orders | 22 |
| Fails to gain attention | 23 |
| Fails to get | 12 |
| Fails to get results | 20 |
| Fails to grasp | 14 |
| Fails to hit | 12 |
| Fails to impress | 16 |
| Fails to include | 16 |
| Fails to intervene | 18 |
| Fails to keep | 13 |
| Fails to keep a promise | 23 |
| Fails to keep it real? | 22 |
| Fails to keep pace | 18 |
| Fails to keep up | 16 |
| Fails to live up to | 19 |
| Fails to make money with, as an investment | 42 |
| Fails to mention | 16 |
| Fails to name | 13 |
| Fails to prevail | 16 |
| Fails to pronounce | 18 |
| Fails to pursue | 15 |
| Fails to put in | 15 |
| Fails to reach home safely | 26 |
| Fails to recycle | 16 |
| Fails to remember | 17 |
| Fails to reserve a juicy bit | 28 |
| Fails to retain | 15 |
| Fails to rock, say | 18 |
| Fails to seize the day | 22 |
| Fails to share | 14 |
| Fails to show | 13 |
| Fails to speak | 14 |
| Fails to support | 16 |
| Fails to take action | 20 |
| Fails to understand | 19 |
| Fails under pressure | 20 |
| Fails utterly | 13 |
| Fails, as a comedian | 20 |
| Fails, completely | 17 |
| Fails, finally | 14 |
| Fails, in a way | 15 |
| Fails, in slang | 15 |
| Fails, spectacularly | 20 |
| Fails, suddenly | 15 |
| Failure | 7 |
| Failure "Let It ___" | 30 |
| Failure by a narrow margin | 26 |
| Failure in bridge | 17 |
| Failure in treaty talks? | 24 |