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Sarah Hendrickx had spent years diagnosing autism in boys and men yet says she "failed miserably to apply it to myself".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Watson has been frequently injured and has played miserably when healthy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

While the final shots look delightfully sunny, she says it was a miserably cold day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

It was Clouseau, or whichever character he was playing, who was trying to maintain his dignity and failing miserably but trying to hold on to a sense of self and composure while everything is crumbling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

They believed this because they’d failed so miserably to capture him.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti


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