get lost
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Medicines can stop pain, fight cancer and save lives but are worthless if they get lost in the mail, spoil in a hot warehouse or are stuck on a ship.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Notes from school nurses flagging that a child failed a vision screening may also get lost in a backpack on the way home, educators say.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
He described those attempts as "saying yes to everything", spending time as an audience member and remembering what it felt like to get lost in a crowd, dancing and singing with strangers.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Few will have played all these games, and if for those who haven’t, it’s easy to get lost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
In order that our fellows going on shouldn’t get lost there, Himmelstoss used to practise the change in the barrack-room.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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