missing

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A police search team spent a week in the Met's property warehouse, going through more than 200 large crates in the hope of finding the missing exhibits.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026

A further 19 people are still missing, the head of the regional government of Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, told local media.

From Barron's • Jul. 10, 2026

In experiments with mice, scientists found that mRNA cancer vaccines remained highly effective even when an immune cell long believed to be essential was missing.

From Science Daily • Jul. 9, 2026

“It still takes a person to evaluate what’s useful, spot what’s missing, make sound decisions and apply context,” Rathod said.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

Mutti tried to make him stay on his mattress up in the attic, but he was forever going missing.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo