misfire

And yes, he did have this particular misfire that first year.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

There is no other known evidence to support the misfire claim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

These studies weren’t necessarily wrong, but I suspect they were snapshots in time that might have lured some into concluding the entire effort was destined to misfire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

So what is it - a bold new step for one of the best-selling gaming franchises in history, or a colossal misfire akin to Ange Postecoglou's 39-day stint in charge of Nottingham Forest?

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025

Anyone who knows anything about firearms will tell you that a 9mm handgun cannot misfire in the way that gun did.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Even if Pangram misfires on a given op-ed, the study’s broader pattern—that A.I. use is showing up across major newspaper opinion pages, his own included—is impossible to argue with.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

There is also the risk of misfires by missile defense crews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Intel has had strategic misfires for decades, Meeks said, and government support won’t be enough to save it.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

For each of those successes, there are several messy misfires: The wan camp of “The Politician.”

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026

“Don’t be so sure—and don’t be so hard on yourself, kid. The transporter misfires now and again, but Ma don’t make mistakes. Could be this is all part of her plan.”

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

New York misfired on 19 of their first 21 attempts from behind the arc—a dreadful 9.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Overall the Lakers committed 21 more turnovers, giving up 26 points off the mistakes while paying dearly for every errant dribble or misfired pass against the swarming Thunder defenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

And having misfired of late, polls suggest that Japan's first woman Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi might manage to bring back the glory days with a thumping election win on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

Cohen says that progressives have misfired in their decision to challenge him.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025

We took on the disguise in order to present an understandable motive if our plan to capture you had misfired.

From Forever by Dick Francis

Rybakina won the first set despite her serve, one of her biggest weapons, misfiring.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Brainwashing isn’t enough: “To turn you into a willful collaborator, I need to also attack your emotional system. Empathy is an adaptive virtue. Suicidal empathy is the misfiring of this adaptive process.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Vance has been repeatedly ratioed on X ever since, a small but telling sign that the usual outrage machine is misfiring.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

For once, fortune favoured Sri Lanka, whose campaign had been marred by rain, missed chances and misfiring batters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

And then, nine years later, Maria Teresa, his final desperate attempt at a boy misfiring.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez