amiss
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As for your husband’s IRAs, something is amiss.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
In the show, Palmer and Whitehall play Samira and Rob, new parents who move back to Rob’s hometown of Hinkley Hills, a beautiful suburb where Samira immediately suspects something is amiss.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
She says one of the early clues that something was seriously amiss came when she took him to the US for specialist proton treatment.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
It previously declined to comment on the accounting issues, although it did release an independent audit that found nothing amiss.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
It may not be amiss to mention that a good judge of style could often recognize a knight in armour, even if be was disguised and bearing the vergescu.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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