mislay
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If the clocks on those satellites stray by a millionth of a second, you'll mislay yourself by 200km or 300km.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2019
The physical world is an annoyance, an afterthought, a place where they mislay their pills and can’t seem to remember why it was that they entered a room or left it.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2018
If you’re easily offended or confused, mislay this book and go back to “All the Light We Cannot See.”
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2015
The task isn't simply to avoid panic at the crucial juncture but to be sure not to mislay one's excrement in between times, while the opposing captain jiggles his field and the bowler runs up.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2013
But in a blink of inattention, I would mislay the baby.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
All the same, who would have thought it could be so much fun to be trapped inside the head of the type of person who so radically mislays herself?
From Time Magazine Archive
Enviable stoicism that mislays the keepsake of some poor widow, or lames the old curate's cob, the fond companion of many rambles.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
"Well, Burt's good-hearted, but sometimes he mislays his judgment," said Webb, laughing.
From Nature's Serial Story by Roe, Edward Payson
I shall give the name of him who mislays my pen and uses up my ink.
From The Turtles of Tasman by London, Jack
I shore don't know how I mislays my se'f-respect to sech a pitch as to go settin' into these yere paltry plays.'
From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry
Wills can be destroyed or mislaid, accidentally on purpose; beneficiary designations are the purview of the financial institution in question.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2025
After they mislaid evidence a number of times, she says, she carried her home computer and a pile of paperwork into the police station.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
A nation’s stuff, squeezed and zippered and then entrusted to the delicate ballet of air travel, has been mislaid and orphaned this week.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022
"I can't believe I mislaid an entire day!"
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2022
"I would offer you my sword, but I seem to have mislaid it."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Losing AirPods would be much more frustrating than mislaying a $15 pair of headphones from the airport.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2016
The impression given by reports in The Sun newspaper is unfair an mislaying, and my words have often been taken out of context.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2013
In addition to unsettled weather, ominous portents include the groom’s mislaying of the ring, and his first squabble with Dolly, in which he refuses to take her beloved pet turtle on the overseas voyage.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2012
To this day, he admits that something as simple as mislaying a pen in his "monstrous London uber-pad" can trigger a whole new wave of furious self-hatred.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2010
You're always mislaying it or afraid you will.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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