awry
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However, some such efforts have been met with user backlash, or mockery, when these tools go awry.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
It is when Mary resigns herself to learning and high-mindedness that her life-scheme goes happily awry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
History is littered with examples of big media mergers going awry, and many of them involve some permutation of Warner Bros.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
Everything’s already awry when, suddenly, a dinosaur walks past their window.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
But every time a pilot chooses a plan, he is supposed to prepare a backup in case things go awry.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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