miscount
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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
Carey appeared to miscount her steps on her run-up to the vault table, throwing her off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
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
But it is no use, we listen for every explosion that comes close, miscount the tricks, and fail to follow suit.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
It looks simple, but if a child miscounts, counts one cow twice or skips one, it reveals they need to work on their number sense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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
Along with miscounts, these errors could also completely misrepresent entire communities.
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
Since all these errors could not be accounted for on the ground of miscounts on the part of the horse, it was evident that Hans is quite unable to count.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar
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
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
LaFleur said the day after the game that this error occurred because the Packers miscounted from the coaches’ box how many players were on the field.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
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
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 Gregory, Lady
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