miscount
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The record suggests a miscount, possibly several miscounts among Pearblossom and its neighboring desert hamlets stretching east to the San Bernardino County line: Littlerock, Llano, Lake Los Angeles and Sun Village.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The audit concluded there was no evidence of a miscount or fraud.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2022
LaFleur blamed the error on a miscount from the coaches' box.
From Fox News ● Feb. 8, 2022
Critics of the audit said before the report was finalized they felt it had not gone far enough to find the source of the miscount.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
“It doesn’t cost you anything! Anyone would think the quartermaster’s store belonged to him! And now get on with it, you old blubber-sticker, and don’t you miscount either.”
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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The record suggests a miscount, possibly several miscounts among Pearblossom and its neighboring desert hamlets stretching east to the San Bernardino County line: Littlerock, Llano, Lake Los Angeles and Sun Village.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Auditors concluded that miscounts in a New Hampshire election were primarily caused by the way ballots were folded, according to a report released Tuesday.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
Maine's analysis found that the Census Bureau's demonstration data on certain age and gender groups had error rates of more than 100%, which the letter warned would leave areas "vulnerable to large miscounts."
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2020
A United States Government Accountability Office report last year enumerated many flaws in the system that could lead to payment miscounts and confusion.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2019
The author counts over money, miscounts it, then in counting forgets all about it, puts the money away and continues the reading of Yorick.
From Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman) Hewett-Thayer
But when Emily visits Stephanie, who’s locked away in her hotel room on house arrest like a twee Rapunzel, it becomes clear that the players have been miscounted.
From Salon ● May 3, 2025
England were bowled out for 159 after Jones had miscounted how many balls were left in the 48th over, which left number 11 Lauren Bell exposed at the other end.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
A subsequent review by the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation determined that deputies had miscounted the amount seized during the raid itself.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
According to the complaint, the boat’s crew miscounted the passengers on the vessel before it departed for the second dive spot, leaving Webster and Burckle behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
In band he miscounted the rests and came in at the wrong time, the only trumpet playing in a measure that was supposed to be all flutes.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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The miscounting was attributed to patchy record-keeping and suspicions that some families may have tried to hide the deaths of elderly relatives in order to claim their pensions.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Many other demonstrators were simply wary of the kind of vote miscounting, campaign overspending and electoral pressure tactics that were common in Mexico before the independent electoral agency was created in the 1990s.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
“Twitter was miscounting the number of false and spam accounts on its platform, as part of its scheme to mislead investors about the company’s prospects,” lawyers for Mr. Musk wrote.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Yet in 2010, the bureau managed to do substantially better, reporting no such miscounting.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022
Fintan: It is not any fault of myself or any miscounting of my own!
From Three Wonder Plays by Lady Gregory