Example Sentences

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The autocrat is drawn to the power of the game, and misses where it comes from.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

He misses the possibility of repeating the error when, in the same document, he settles—in one decisive, overconfident paragraph—the question of whether the cognitive systems we are building could ever have inner lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“He’s had misses, but that doesn’t stop him from going to bat,” said Lloyd Greif, president and chief executive of Greif & Co., a Los Angeles-based investment bank.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Too many near misses with the wall and how he didn't shunt into Turn One I'll never know.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“I don’t intend to stay here long, anyway. I’ll slip off and take a journey somewhere, and when Grandpa misses me he’ll come round fast enough.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott