missing

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Casias was first reported missing in June 2025 after she did not return home in the evening, though she visited her daughter at work that day.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Zookeepers in an online group began asking whether any facility was missing a Marabou stork.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

He gets the nod at Lord's ahead of Rehan Ahmed, the leg-spinner missing out on playing his first home Test.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The new participants cover industries that were missing from the original group, including power grids, water systems, hospitals, phone networks and hardware manufacturers.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The space between her eyebrows is missing as she whisper-yells at me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam