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miscue

[mis-kyoo] / mɪsˈkju /
NOUN
error
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Stokes enticed O'Rourke to miscue and then came a moment of controversy.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

While Betts’ miscue broke up a perfect game, Yamamoto praised his teammates after the game and said via a translator on Dodgers SportsNet that they made a few key plays that “saved me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026

A successful meeting, and international diplomacy, can hinge on the slightest missed protocol, an unexpected miscue or even a bit of saliva left on a fork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

If past is prologue, he will overreach in response to this week’s peace proffer, rejecting what many in his entourage would view as an attractive exit from a strategic miscue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

The slightest miscue by any one of them would mean catching a crab, and catastrophe.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Shimron Hetmyer was dropped at mid-on by Corbin Bosch off the next delivery, but lasted only two more when he miscued to midwicket where Maharaj snapped up the catch.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

However, the game changed when Buttler miscued Chase to long-on for 21.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

Ben Duckett miscued Starc to mid-on and Zak Crawley edged the same bowler to second slip, either side of Jacob Bethell's Ashes debut yielding one run before he nicked Neser.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

By the time he miscued Brydon Carse to mid-off, Head had taken 30 off the next 17 balls he faced.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

But I miscued, and he got going again.

From Here and Hereafter by Barry Pain

In Starc's next over he got a warning when miscuing a pull shot towards mid-on, only to ignore it and repeat the shot from his next delivery.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

Marsh was the first to go, miscuing Marco Jansen to mid-off, before Warner flashed Lungi Ngidi, who bowled with excellent control up front, to point.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2023

Declan Rice, possibly West Ham’s best player this season, was at fault for the equalizer after miscuing his attempted headed clearance from a cross into the center of the area.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022

Vilas goes, holing out to Moeen on the backward square leg boundary after miscuing a shorter ball.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2016

Vilas c Moeen b Broad 26, South Africa 225-7 Vilas goes, holing out to Moeen on the backward square leg boundary after miscuing a shorter ball.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2016


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