miss
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The main negatives are its manganese business, which posts a 3% miss on Ebitda, and Brazil Alumina, where Ebitda falls 33% short, the bank says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
I know I’m asking for a lot, but I really don’t want to miss my baby’s first year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
As a result, they miss out on early interventions that can help neurodivergent children navigate challenging environments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"I will certainly miss her laughter, jokes and her being. Rest well and in total peace my friend," she wrote.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Mostly because I wanted to see her all the time, but also, I really did miss having friends at school.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
An African bullfrog lunges for a babul butterfly but misses.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Dick’s Sporting Goods stock falls sharply after the sports retailer misses second-quarter earnings expectations and reduces its fiscal-year profit outlook.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
She later writes that she misses the days when she and Trump would talk on the phone “about everything and nothing.”
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
If I neglect it for six months, it will not announce that it misses me.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
“This was Ruby’s idea, actually. She misses her mom and says the spoons sound like her mom’s laughter.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Assistant Chief Constable Lynn Ratcliff told the BBC there was "nothing to suggest there had been any missed opportunities over the years"
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
"I realised everything it had cost me -- all those hospitalisations, those surgeries, the schooling I missed and, above all, those pains I had never associated with that damn IUD," said Kirstine Najarak Berthelsen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Gia shared how sad she was that her father would never be able to walk her down the aisle, while Richard talked about how he still missed his dad every day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
He has missed the beginning of the weather window.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He seemed to go into a trance, scanning the land with endless patience, and often finding some tiny sign that most full-grown hunters would have missed.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
University of Kent graduate Nabhi Das from Streatham in South London has also been widely reported as missing Nepal.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Across the border in Tibet -- where the only sources of information are Chinese authorities -- officials say hundreds are missing and three died.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sarada Simkhada, a senior nurse at Darent Valley Hospital in Kent, is also among the missing, according to a local councillor.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Survivors in a makeshift Nepali hospital endured an agonising wait for news of their missing loved ones.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
When I originally sat down to write The Light Returns, she was grieving the people she’d lost, missing her friends—especially her best friend.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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