mishap
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After a newsworthy mishap, his agent advises him to lie low, which is impossible for him to do; there is no itch he won’t scratch, and no good advice he’ll actually follow.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
A Type A mishap is the most severe category of failure for the agency.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
The agency said in its statement: "While there were no injuries and the mission regained control prior to docking, this highest-level classification designation recognises there was potential for a significant mishap."
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Treacy, Britain's only representative in short track, suffered a crash, fall or some other mishap in the 500m, 1,000m and 1500m.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
The three days’ grace I had would see me, given no mishap, at farthest to Kuseben on the Gulf, eighty-five miles.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing mishap
Power Prefix: mis-
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