misadventure

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Tensions between major powers are at a “historic high” and so are the risks of conflict “through misadventure or miscalculation,” he said, pointing first and foremost to the war in Ukraine.

From Seattle Times

"Tensions between major powers are at an historic high. So are the risks of conflict, through misadventure or miscalculation," Guterres also warned the U.N.

From Reuters

In his final years, he worked on the unfinished novel “The Love of the Last Tycoon” and wrote a series of sweetly satirical stories about a screenwriter named Pat Hobby and his misadventures.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, security guards and police filled the concert hall, though the only misadventure was when police noisily tried to break up a band of pigeons cooing on the rooftop.

From New York Times

A conclusion of misadventure was recorded by the coroner in Rochdale.

From BBC