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.
(..) so that you can watch them clambering over each other to stay in the sun. You can watch me torture an entire city. And then, when you have truly understood the depth of your failure... we will fulfill Ra's Al Ghul's destiny. We will destroy Gotham. And then, when it is done... and Gotham is... (..)2012 The Dark Knight Rises