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amiss

[uh-mis] / əˈmɪs /




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But in Tucson, they're getting ready to welcome the Iranian football team as if nothing were amiss.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

A cluster of cases 13 years ago was one of the first major signs that something was amiss.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

But she didn’t feel like there was anything amiss that could be solved with medicine.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Or is there something really amiss in this paradise?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

For three long heartbeats Quentyn was afraid that something had gone amiss, that somehow Pretty Mens and the Tattered Prince had gotten the word wrong.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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