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The audit concluded there was no evidence of a miscount or fraud.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2022

LaFleur blamed the error on a miscount from the coaches' box.

From Fox News ● Feb. 8, 2022

LaFleur blamed the error on a miscount from the coaches’ box.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2022

Carey appeared to miscount her steps on her run-up to the vault table, throwing her off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

But it is no use, we listen for every explosion that comes close, miscount the tricks, and fail to follow suit.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

The record suggests a miscount, possibly several miscounts among Pearblossom and its neighboring desert hamlets stretching east to the San Bernardino County line: Littlerock, Llano, Lake Los Angeles and Sun Village.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Auditors concluded that miscounts in a New Hampshire election were primarily caused by the way ballots were folded, according to a report released Tuesday.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021

Along with miscounts, these errors could also completely misrepresent entire communities.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2020

A United States Government Accountability Office report last year enumerated many flaws in the system that could lead to payment miscounts and confusion.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2019

The author counts over money, miscounts it, then in counting forgets all about it, puts the money away and continues the reading of Yorick.

From Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman) Hewett-Thayer

But when Emily visits Stephanie, who’s locked away in her hotel room on house arrest like a twee Rapunzel, it becomes clear that the players have been miscounted.

From Salon ● May 3, 2025

England were bowled out for 159 after Jones had miscounted how many balls were left in the 48th over, which left number 11 Lauren Bell exposed at the other end.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025

A subsequent review by the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation determined that deputies had miscounted the amount seized during the raid itself.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023

According to the complaint, the boat’s crew miscounted the passengers on the vessel before it departed for the second dive spot, leaving Webster and Burckle behind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

In band he miscounted the rests and came in at the wrong time, the only trumpet playing in a measure that was supposed to be all flutes.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The miscounting was attributed to patchy record-keeping and suspicions that some families may have tried to hide the deaths of elderly relatives in order to claim their pensions.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

Many other demonstrators were simply wary of the kind of vote miscounting, campaign overspending and electoral pressure tactics that were common in Mexico before the independent electoral agency was created in the 1990s.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2023

Yet in 2010, the bureau managed to do substantially better, reporting no such miscounting.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022

As temperatures warm, cicadas may also be getting their tiny antennae crossed, miscounting the years entirely.

From Salon ● May 11, 2021

After twice miscounting the sum, he threw the whole to his daughter, and saying, in a stern voice, "Pay the rascal, and let him leave the house instantly!" he strode out of the room.

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott