The storm caused power 'failures' [='outages'] in many parts of the city.
He was trying to rescue the business from 'failure'. [='bankruptcy']
He felt like a 'failure' when he wasn't accepted into law school.
(..) A flutter of anxiety. I'd expect everyone has a reason to be nervous tonight. I don't know. So perhaps it's the opposite... A failure to behave naturally. An actor so consumed with his performance that.. The one characteristic he can not accommodate, Is spontaneous reaction. (..)2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows