miss
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Nowadays, ABS has the ability to overturn incorrect strike calls on pitches that miss by a tenth of an inch, requiring all umpires to conform to the official zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
She encourages members of her team to become "calculated risk-takers," and keeps a Wayne Gretzky quote in her office: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
With Diego Maradona, we still miss him but Messi is still with us so we must enjoy him.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
If you miss your monthly payment to Amazon Oxygen, will you choke to death?
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
She would miss graduation into junior high school.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
Nadira Goffe interviewed a classicist about the significance of casting Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and argues that the controversy over her appearance misses the point.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
The match went to penalties which, after misses by David Batty and Paul Ince, Argentina prevailed in, before being knocked out themselves in the next round by the Netherlands.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
She also misses what Mr. Calder makes evident to the reader: that Chuck is a self-centered, smooth-talking empty shell who is going to string her along until the moment she demands an emotional investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
This creates an investment angle that most coverage misses.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
That seems simple enough, but it misses out on all the things that crisscrossed it, like the eagles, and the secrets, and Ray’s injuries.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
‘I’ve no idea how they got her number’: My student-loan servicer called a friend after I missed a payment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ohtani, who has missed his last two starts and received an Orthovisc injection to manage lingering discomfort in his left knee, has continued to throw on flat ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It meant the Liverpool player missed the first nine games of the Premier League season.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Once it missed the dishwasher altogether, sending a plate clattering to the floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
He missed the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches she’d sneak him before bed.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The phone then began receiving texts from Mawhinney revealing where the other judges missing valuables had ended up.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
China’s economy just posted its slowest quarterly growth in three years—4.3%, missing forecasts, with fixed-asset investment down and consumption still limp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Hernandez’s family in Lake Elsinore reported her missing multiple times after she became entangled with Burke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
In 2025, more than 6,500 Rohingya attempted to leave the camps by sea, and one in seven of them were reported dead or missing, according to the UN.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
My mind’s still trying to catch up on what I’m missing.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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