missed

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Shares dropped after the company reported a decline in service revenue in Germany, its biggest market, and adjusted earnings slightly missed expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“Hundreds of thousands of pages of regulation, an army of regulators, and they can’t see plain-vanilla interest-rate risk. Truly they missed an elephant in the room,” Cochrane said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

A year ago, Garcia missed St. John Bosco’s Division 1 title run while recovering from arm surgery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

And having suffered a bad run at the wrong time in the run-in as they missed out on automatic promotion on the final day, a season of such promise had produced heartbreak.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Katherine missed his glare because she was snatching the envelope out of Chip’s hand, ripping the letter open.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix