misfire

Step back, and the strategic picture is bleak for the people who planned this misfire.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

And yes, he did have this particular misfire that first year.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

In some cases the monitors that measure sewage spills can misfire but if the regulator does find these incidents occurred it will take enforcement action, it said.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

These studies weren’t necessarily wrong, but I suspect they were snapshots in time that might have lured some into concluding the entire effort was destined to misfire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

Anyone who knows anything about firearms will tell you that a 9mm handgun cannot misfire in the way that gun did.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

And despite the inevitable mistakes and misfires, they ultimately find the right people and the right methods to deal with those challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

We know they’ll get their man, but it will take some time, and more than a few hilarious and heartbreaking misfires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

Even if Pangram misfires on a given op-ed, the study’s broader pattern—that A.I. use is showing up across major newspaper opinion pages, his own included—is impossible to argue with.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

Intel has had strategic misfires for decades, Meeks said, and government support won’t be enough to save it.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

“Don’t be so sure—and don’t be so hard on yourself, kid. The transporter misfires now and again, but Ma don’t make mistakes. Could be this is all part of her plan.”

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

And hence misfired plays like this one, in which collaboration among gifted artists results only in a work of logorrheic banality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

And having misfired of late, polls suggest that Japan's first woman Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi might manage to bring back the glory days with a thumping election win on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

There have been other times when earthquake early warnings have misfired.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

Cohen says that progressives have misfired in their decision to challenge him.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025

The technician who took his place—you don't stop a countdown like that for a heart attack—checked his work and found an error that would have misfired the thing.

From Prologue to an Analogue by Leigh Richmond

Fritz finally got the job done after one hour and 49 minutes, Jodar misfiring on a pair of forehands to bring it to a close.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Brainwashing isn’t enough: “To turn you into a willful collaborator, I need to also attack your emotional system. Empathy is an adaptive virtue. Suicidal empathy is the misfiring of this adaptive process.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Vance has been repeatedly ratioed on X ever since, a small but telling sign that the usual outrage machine is misfiring.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

They look even better when you factor in that only two of those games have been at home - with a previously impotent and misfiring team putting eight goals past Falkirk and Kilmarnock.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025

The best man’s speech can provide a caricatured instance of decorum misfiring.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith