misadventure

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The 18th century teemed with picaresque tales of comic misadventure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Nine, to be specific, after Mike Tomlin exited the Pittsburgh Steelers Tuesday after 19 seasons—the last a stirring but doomed misadventure with enigmatic Malibu life guru Aaron Rodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

An inquest into his death found Oli died as a result of misadventure.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

Alliance, said after the meeting that he was “heartened that the city didn’t give this misadventure a blank check.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

Push the chair in too quickly or too slowly, or else sit too soon or too heavily, and misadventure ensues, perhaps even an unintended baptism of the hindquarters.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor