missed

Example Sentences

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They missed long ones, short ones, free throws and layups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

To be sure, Social Security is not going bankrupt, and the program has never missed a payment in its roughly 90-year history.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Tom says knowing the coroner ruled that there was a "missed opportunity" to help Adam has made him "upset" and "mad at the situation".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"It's a pity" China has missed out on every World Cup except 2002, he said, given football's popularity at home.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

It was Betsie I had missed every moment of every day since I ran to the hospital window and found that she had left Ravensbruck forever.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom