In January 2011 Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner warned that "failure to raise the limit would precipitate a default by the United States.

In the same year, however, the failure of Jamison's bank precipitated the closure of the furnace by the sheriff on November 15, 1890.

His failure precipitates his eventual nervous breakdown.

Britain and Russia attempted to halt the French but the failure of their joint invasion of the Netherlands in 1799 precipitated a change in attitudes.

The relative failure of the boycott precipitated his being voted out as president.

The second failure in 1881 precipitated a more serious crisis in the Bible Student ranks and for several years Russell's followers waited for the belated translation to occur.

That failure precipitated the crisis and led to the eventual bailout by its creditors.

The failure of their joint invasion of the Netherlands in 1799 precipitated a change in attitudes.

Affairs were ripe for a crisis, which the threatened failure of the common male heirs to the kingdom and the duchies precipitated.

The failure of this mission precipitated Rome's first war with Armenia, which Lucullus began in summer 69.