awry
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But plans based on a natural phenomenon that changes year to year based on temperature, rainfall and other environmental factors can, unsurprisingly, go awry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
But the authorities deciding not to press criminal charges is not the same as there being no mistakes or something awry.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
History is littered with examples of big media mergers going awry, and many of them involve some permutation of Warner Bros.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
An early idea to write about a men’s doubles partnership gone awry lost its luster after “Challengers,” Luca Guadagnino’s drama about a love triangle between tennis pros, came out.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
They are subtle and complex and surprisingly common, and what happened on Wheeler Avenue is a powerful example of how mind reading works—and how it sometimes goes terribly awry.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing awry
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Four
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