Example Sentences

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Tasked with chasing 181 to level the series, Jones was left unbeaten on 47 having failed to marshal the tail and miscounting the balls left in an over.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

Many other demonstrators were simply wary of the kind of vote miscounting, campaign overspending and electoral pressure tactics that were common in Mexico before the independent electoral agency was created in the 1990s.

From Washington Times • Feb. 26, 2023

Poor communication between FedLoan and other servicing companies about borrowers’ accounts results in miscounting eligible payments, according to the audit.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021

As temperatures warm, cicadas may also be getting their tiny antennae crossed, miscounting the years entirely.

From Salon • May 11, 2021

Fintan: It is not any fault of myself or any miscounting of my own!

From Three Wonder Plays by Gregory, Lady