misfire

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

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Blue Origin has been looking to move past that misfire and begin launching satellites for Amazon.com.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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

A late misfire out of touch cost them - Gael Fickou sealed it soon after - but that was a scary experience for France.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 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

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

For each of those successes, there are several messy misfires: The wan camp of “The Politician.”

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026

And if he misfires, it will be clear who deserves the blame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 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

It also represents the first release from the Meta Superintelligence Labs that the company rushed to build up last year after Llama misfired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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

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

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025

Abbie Ward was pinged for a needless offside and the line-out misfired, with three going astray in the first half.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025

Got up yesterday and motor misfired, had to make quick landing in a bayou and haul out machine myself aided by scared kids.

From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis

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

Once more, Gotham’s NBA concern had come out sleepy and misfiring in a finals game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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

Snell’s outing was a grind from the start, with Rushing misfiring to first base for an error in the first inning and Betts reacting slowly to a ground ball at shortstop to extend the second.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

You don’t know whether or not it’s the meds making you do this, or your misfiring brain.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman