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The firm argued Comerica had mismanaged itself and would be better off as part of a bigger bank, with similar concerns shared by other top shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

He was fastest in the first session and said he felt Ferrari had mismanaged the rest of qualifying.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

Instead, the vast majority of the 122-page report was about how the Broward district had mismanaged a $800 million bond referendum passed in 2014 primarily to repair roofs on school buildings.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2022

In July the FCC admitted it had mismanaged the fund and, now under new leadership, the FCC is asking companies to return money that wasn’t going toward connecting people who needed it.

From Scientific American • Sep. 7, 2021

He was a married man, without encumbrances, owed several years' arrears, had mismanaged his farm, a really good bit of land, had been forgiven a lot of rent, and still he was not happy.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John