mishap
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Mercedes have made sure to put an arm around Antonelli whenever there has been a mishap.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The mishap also comes at an awkward moment for Kentucky’s largest school district.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
On Thursday, Anthropic reported a similar mishap whereby a setup error allowed its Claude models to reach the open internet during safety evaluations and compromise the infrastructure of three real-world organizations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
“He’s been out on the bay and through the Golden Gate and down the coast many times without any mishap of any kind.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Oh, I can easily imagine the fetal mishap: we were inside the womb together dum-de-dum when Leah suddenly turned and declared, Adah you are just too slow.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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But the show truly starts when it falls apart with technical mishaps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
There are measures the company has adopted over the years to bolster its platform against myriad vulnerabilities: adopting cybersecurity programs to preempt automated bot accounts, and expanding protections for music festival mishaps.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Companies are under pressure to get the public on side, after a series of high-profile mishaps.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Here are a few other recent cases of missing Oscars, and the occasional mishaps that led to their recovery.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
The third was the worst: Because of the McCoy ordeal and the school board looking to avoid any further mishaps, I wasn’t allowed out of the car without wrist restraints.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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Power Prefix: mis-
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