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mislay

verb as in lose

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Why do airlines still mislay 25 million bags a year?

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Her soaring film career has by now supplied Brown with such an array of other fictional gifts and odd abilities that mislaying her telekinetic powers doesn’t seem quite so bad.

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Trump has also attempted to mislay blame for the testing troubles on the Obama administration.

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Worse, as he hurried to the press conference he managed to mislay the document detailing the plan.

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What counts is the manner of slaughter, and—this being the most courteous of films—the vital importance of never mislaying one’s cool.

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