awry
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Minnie Driver’s Paris adventures went awry this week when she was involved in a car accident that she’s describing as a frightening close call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Testers at the AI Security Institute didn’t expect the Anthropic and OpenAI models to go rogue but realized that something had gone awry when they received a strange alert the morning of July 28.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
This way, if something goes awry, someone else at your company can vouch that you were receiving no guidance or support from your manager.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Suddenly it was Kerry shots going awry, with David Clifford's two-point free missing after Jack Carney had raised an orange flag at the Hill 16 end.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
His hair is uncombed, and his clothes are awry.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
Vocabulary lists containing awry
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Four
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