miss
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The Giants will miss the playoffs for a fifth straight season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
“If you are not with someone a whole lot in real life, there can be information about them you miss — energetically, observationally.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka was among the big names to miss the cut at one over.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The contrast was hard to miss when another leader at the same summit, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, also pulled back from his schedule for health reasons around that time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It drove Camille nuts, but I turned my phone volume up overnight so I wouldn’t miss a message from her.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
But it might also be dinner for an exhausted parent who wants twenty minutes back and misses what the inside of a restaurant tastes like.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
“It breaks my heart,” said Blue, who misses McDonald’s fries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Europe has taken some big swings in the battery industry in recent years and has made a couple of high-profile misses.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Looking only at agreement and disagreement, however, misses an important part of the story.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Dear Polo, we are so glad we will see you in a mere matter of hours. We miss you. We miss you as the dry, cracked earth misses the rain.”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Indeed, they were dismissive of Rotkoff’s own efforts to help them: He described to me how O’Rourke initially missed out on the AFL-CIO’s endorsement because his campaign hadn’t asked for it.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
Skubal missed down the middle with a fastball, and Bericoto sent it 425 feet to center field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Beatty has only missed one hearing in her court case since it began in December.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Some Tottenham fans missed the goal as they headed for their half-time refreshments but several thousand did not bother to stay until the end.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“I missed a lot of things,” I reply.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
He remained a missing person until recently when a single bone washed ashore, and investigative work provided closure after three decades for the family of the California father of three.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Across the region that meant 6,149 eligible families were missing out.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Finally, in 2025, he got tired of missing out.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
A New York man said he found $950 was missing from his account after the app crashed in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The car swerved, narrowly missing the dying fox.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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