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For empathy not to misfire in the policy sphere, he contends, we need a “cultural theory of mind,” where “one culture puts itself in the mind of another culture.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Blue Origin has been looking to move past that misfire and begin launching satellites for Amazon.com.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

In some cases the monitors that measure sewage spills can misfire but if the regulator does find these incidents occurred it will take enforcement action, it said.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Discovery three years ago was a misfire that eroded the value of some of the industry’s most premium brands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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

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

After years of misfires, artificial-intelligence hacking tools have become dangerously good.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

“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

And hence misfired plays like this one, in which collaboration among gifted artists results only in a work of logorrheic banality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 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

Abbie Ward was pinged for a needless offside and the line-out misfired, with three going astray in the first half.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025

Her engine misfired continuously, and Barlow lacked the mechanical knowledge to remedy its ailment.

From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

Once more, Gotham’s NBA concern had come out sleepy and misfiring in a finals game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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

Snell’s outing was a grind from the start, with Rushing misfiring to first base for an error in the first inning and Betts reacting slowly to a ground ball at shortstop to extend the second.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

You don’t know whether or not it’s the meds making you do this, or your misfiring brain.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman