miss
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His Big Boy 4009 train set wouldn’t miss another meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Gennaro Gattuso left the role of head coach in April after they were beaten by Bosnia-Herzegovina on penalties in the European play-off to miss out on the 2026 tournament in North America.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
She encourages members of her team to become "calculated risk-takers," and keeps a Wayne Gretzky quote in her office: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Now we have to wait until next Saturday or Sunday, and hope that from here until then, he hasn’t been moved to a different facility, and we didn’t miss our chance to see him.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
I hadn’t realized that I’d miss her like I did, and having that one connection back to the Academy made me feel more grounded in this new space.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Nadira Goffe interviewed a classicist about the significance of casting Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and argues that the controversy over her appearance misses the point.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
If an engineer opts for a smaller model, and that model misses something a frontier model wouldn’t have, then “the human time to figure that out is not worth the toil,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mike, 40, feels "stagnant" in his current job as a corrections officer and misses the sense of "belonging" he had in the military.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
This creates an investment angle that most coverage misses.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Surtr’s flaming sword is huge and it burns even when it misses.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
‘I’ve no idea how they got her number’: My student-loan servicer called a friend after I missed a payment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ohtani, who has missed his last two starts and received an Orthovisc injection to manage lingering discomfort in his left knee, has continued to throw on flat ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It meant the Liverpool player missed the first nine games of the Premier League season.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
That she was a vocalist with great lung power had never been missed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
That’s his way of telling Grandma he missed her more than I did and that, in short, he’s a better grandchild.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Hernandez’s family in Lake Elsinore reported her missing multiple times after she became entangled with Burke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Scotland missing out on third-placed qualification was a disappointment and having to wait a couple of days before it was confirmed must have been painful.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
A third servicemember, who hasn’t been identified, is missing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
President Donald Trump warned Iran it would pay "many times over" for every US soldier it killed after Washington announced over the weekend three new military fatalities and one service member missing in action.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
My mind’s still trying to catch up on what I’m missing.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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