mishap
Example Sentences
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While sharing a photo of the table, Jenner revealed that she actually had a mishap with it while messing around with her kids.
From MarketWatch
But its reputation suffered from alarming mishaps and an accident in California that prompted GM to pull the cars from several markets.
The areas are outlined before each rocket launch and get activated only when a mishap could result in debris falling.
Most cooking mishaps don’t happen because a recipe is bad or a cook is incompetent.
From Salon
While such mishaps do not necessarily excuse an adviser’s actions, they may not prove as disqualifying as blatant fraud or deception.
From MarketWatch
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