misadventure

Example Sentences

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Gen. Jay Garner, the American tasked with overseeing Iraq’s postwar reconstruction, would constitute a towering moment of hubris in a foreign policy misadventure tragically replete with them.

From New York Times

This team also needs reinforcements along the interior defensive line, where stopping the run has become an annual misadventure of inconsistency.

From Los Angeles Times

The United Kingdom Defense Ministry estimates that as many as 60,000 Russian troops have been killed, more than four times what the Soviet Army lost during its decadeslong misadventure in Afghanistan.

From Seattle Times

It is us, kith and kin, born of human misadventure.

From New York Times

He had studied American misadventures in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, the former Yugoslavia and Libya, and aimed to incorporate those insights into the plans.

From New York Times