misfire

Step back, and the strategic picture is bleak for the people who planned this misfire.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Good Good Golf’s CEO and president are leaving the company in the latest fallout from its ad misfire with Callaway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

And yes, he did have this particular misfire that first year.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

In some cases the monitors that measure sewage spills can misfire but if the regulator does find these incidents occurred it will take enforcement action, it said.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Anyone who knows anything about firearms will tell you that a 9mm handgun cannot misfire in the way that gun did.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Even if Pangram misfires on a given op-ed, the study’s broader pattern—that A.I. use is showing up across major newspaper opinion pages, his own included—is impossible to argue with.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

Intel has had strategic misfires for decades, Meeks said, and government support won’t be enough to save it.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

For each of those successes, there are several messy misfires: The wan camp of “The Politician.”

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026

For all its awards misfires, “Wicked: For Good” was still a resounding success for Universal Pictures, which stands to gain heavily from the “Wicked” films’ combined worldwide gross of almost $1.3 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

“Don’t be so sure—and don’t be so hard on yourself, kid. The transporter misfires now and again, but Ma don’t make mistakes. Could be this is all part of her plan.”

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

Bets on films like Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” cratered, while DC Studios’ “Supergirl” misfired.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It also represents the first release from the Meta Superintelligence Labs that the company rushed to build up last year after Llama misfired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

And having misfired of late, polls suggest that Japan's first woman Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi might manage to bring back the glory days with a thumping election win on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

Cohen says that progressives have misfired in their decision to challenge him.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025

Got up yesterday and motor misfired, had to make quick landing in a bayou and haul out machine myself aided by scared kids.

From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis

Once more, Gotham’s NBA concern had come out sleepy and misfiring in a finals game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

A misfiring and cramping Jannik Sinner admitted Saturday he "got lucky" after dropping a rare set before taming American underdog Eliot Spizzirri in furnace-like heat to make the last 16 at the Australian Open.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

Vance has been repeatedly ratioed on X ever since, a small but telling sign that the usual outrage machine is misfiring.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

They look even better when you factor in that only two of those games have been at home - with a previously impotent and misfiring team putting eight goals past Falkirk and Kilmarnock.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025

The best man’s speech can provide a caricatured instance of decorum misfiring.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith