misses
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That remained true despite the fact that she is a city person, prefers not to own a car, misses walking to work.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Otherwise, if Samantha Morton misses for ‘The Odyssey,’ we ride at dawn.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Unlike fiction, however, real-life justice sometimes misses its mark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Fernandes rarely misses a game but was left out of the recent Nations League encounter with Norway as national team boss Jorge Jesus said the former Sporting man was "playing through pain".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
I see now what I saw then, flashing by with the swift, deceptive ease of an accident: shower of gravel, windmilling arms, a hand that claws at a branch and misses.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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