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Even a whiff of a slowdown in AI will compound the repricing,” he told clients.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Which brings us to the biggest whiff in a career full of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

There is much work to do in defence, for sure, but they can do that work from a position of strength - with the whiff of an extra £40m in their nostrils.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

If every Miyazaki movie has a whiff of biographical relevance, one might see “Kiki’s Delivery Service” as his statement of creative purpose and motivation.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

He leaned over me, and I got a good look at his boulder-size teeth and, unfortunately, a powerful whiff of his breath.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Result: whiffs of the paper-clip maximizer, an ancient AI thought experiment in which a computer ends up consuming all planetary resources pursuant to its instruction to make paper clips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Despite those whiffs of corruption, the deal could let the Department of Defense acquire shares in NABEP, the Wall Street Journal reports.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

In referencing punk culture, Gyllenhaal whiffs her mark, which is somehow even more punk.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

And he concluded his performance with 14 swings-and-misses overall, the most whiffs he had generated in a game all year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025

He would inform you with quiet pride, between whiffs of his pipe, that he had put in an appearance at the Community Center every evening for the past four years.

From "1984" by George Orwell

What’s funny, especially in retrospect, is how widely these men whiffed the point.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Howden had a chance to double the lead less than six minutes before the second intermission, but he whiffed trying to bat a loose puck in an open net from the right side.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

In their mutual aim for a modern twist on a timeless classic, both the star-studded, multi-million dollar Apple TV+ movie and the low-budget indie comedy whiffed it entirely.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

The Dodgers offered at 10 of them—and whiffed on seven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Anyway, he hadn’t sniffed it, he had only whiffed it.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Speaking on behalf of the administration isn’t practicing law, so it’s unclear why whiffing the bar is germane, much less a firing offense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

And he struck out whiffing on a slider in the opposite batter’s box.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

And Jude isn’t above including a mocking slow-motion shot of a spoiled French boy totally whiffing a soccer kick.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Besides whiffing on his pass to clear the puck on Montreal’s first goal, Hill said he was happy with his performance while improving to 5-0-1 after the first month of the season.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

By day nineteen after the whiffing incident, when they hadn’t had any bloody noses, Peter Jahrling and Tom Geisbert began to regard themselves as definite survivors.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston