miscarriage

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Once again, Thomas substituted the word’s most natural meaning for an alternative that loads the dice: Miscarriage, he wrote, is what happens any time mail fails “to arrive properly,” no matter the reason.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

"This is a great Miscarriage of Justice," he wrote on social media as the trial resumed on Thursday.

From Reuters • Nov. 2, 2023

"Miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality increased following the disaster. All of this makes it quite plausible that the toxic effects of the gas affected children in utero."

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023

With De Noo’s help, Derksen published a bombshell book in 2006: Lucia de B.: Reconstruction of a Miscarriage of Justice.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 18, 2023

To give a short Scheme of his Proceedings, and with them of the reason of his Miscarriage.

From The Consolidator or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon by Defoe, Daniel