misfire

Example Sentences

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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

There is no other known evidence to support the misfire claim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

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

They don’t make any sense either, but they at least look at each other’s faces with genuine fascination, trying to salvage this misfire like an air mattress under Evel Knievel.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 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