mishap
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The toppling of the Kang Kon embarrassed Kim, with at least five officials detained over the mishap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Mercedes have made sure to put an arm around Antonelli whenever there has been a mishap.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The mishap also comes at an awkward moment for Kentucky’s largest school district.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
They were strong confident guys who were too cool and funny to be derailed by a cruel comment or a size-related mishap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The three days’ grace I had would see me, given no mishap, at farthest to Kuseben on the Gulf, eighty-five miles.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Despite parking mishaps, robotaxi companies such as Waymo and Tesla say their vehicles are statistically safer than human drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Wooden boats have served their time, but they cannot be the future of water transport in Nigeria. The tragic mishaps we continue to witness are a direct consequence of the continued reliance on unsafe vessels."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
There are measures the company has adopted over the years to bolster its platform against myriad vulnerabilities: adopting cybersecurity programs to preempt automated bot accounts, and expanding protections for music festival mishaps.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Companies are under pressure to get the public on side, after a series of high-profile mishaps.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
The new lab had inherited this tenet from its parent, Ernest Lawrence, who had experienced not a few such mishaps during his career.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing mishap
Power Prefix: mis-
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