awry

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Well, if you use ChatGPT to plan it, maybe just bake in extra time in case things go awry.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

In David Ireland’s comedy at Irish Repertory Theatre, a Hollywood actor’s meeting with the writer and the director of a new play goes flagrantly, hilariously awry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

History is littered with examples of big media mergers going awry, many of them involving some permutation of Warner Bros.:

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

In Brontë’s novel, Cathy and Heathcliff first encounter their neighbors, the Lintons, after an outdoor escapade gone awry.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Half a mile down the road, Dicey saw the mailbox, dented, rusted, its post awry; llerma was all that remained of sloppily painted black letters.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt