missing

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The log went missing until last fall, when an officer in a deposition said it had been misplaced in the trunk of his squad car and he returned it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

And both Iranian and US forces are continuing to search for a missing American crew member after an F-15 fighter jet was shot down on Friday.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Witnesses flew from Brazil to testify that his ex-girlfriend, 24-year-old Ana Claudia Dos Santos, went missing in Brazil after breaking up with him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

There was confusion over which buttons to press as they wrestled with the mystery of how to reload a SmarTrip card—all of it intensified by the prospect of missing their train.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

“Ella changed ink and words into magic. She turned that into something. Remember what Ollie said? There’s a fail-safe. We already have the door. It’s in the words from the missing pages.”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova