mismanage
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In that interview, Ms Yulo said that contrary to allegations, she did not mismanage her son's money and had in fact deposited it at a bank in Manila.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
If humans mismanage the land by recklessly razing forests or by farming in unsustainable ways, emissions that warm the planet can increase.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2022
“We didn’t have any money to mismanage, because we didn’t have any money,” Spence said of the JFK8 campaign.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
As he approaches a likely third term in power that would start next year, it could be politically damaging if his government were to mismanage Evergrande.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2021
Your Lordship may be sure this was very agreeable news to me, and now, with the blessing of God, if we do not mismanage, I think our game can scarce fail.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. by Mrs. Thomson
Reporting from The New York Times has highlighted the way that the jail complex mismanages the stationing of its nearly 8,000 uniformed staff members, with some rarely interacting with detainees at all.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
Wired’s investigation is a deep dive that demonstrates how your data can be at risk if a massive company mismanages internal access to it or carelessly leaves it open to outsiders.
From The Verge ● Nov. 19, 2021
"It’s not uncommon that a conservator mismanages money and profits off of that," Kaplan said.
From Fox News ● Oct. 1, 2021
I have been very happy sometimes during the past year; and whatever the blind Fate that mismanages the world may elect to demand in payment, I shall not haggle.
From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by James Branch Cabell
There is a man called O'Brien, who mismanages my uncle's affairs.
From Romance by Joseph Conrad
Users said ADI Predictstreet mismanaged the contest, unexpectedly shifting the dates of snapshots and altering the rules, then failing to deliver tickets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Audax swiftly countersued, claiming H.I.G. mismanaged the business after taking over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
"Prime Minister Anthony Albanese put her in this process. But it has been mismanaged by Sussan Ley."
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Reached by telephone, Marino declined to comment on the letter or the mismanaged director’s search.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
But that casino, mismanaged and too far away from major highways, was a money-losing business.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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The group were were being punished for "mismanaging" the battery exchanges for Spiro motorbikes, which they denied.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Private-equity firm Roark Capital is mismanaging Driven, ADW Capital said in a letter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
But many Cubans blame their own leaders for mismanaging the economy — and straying from the ideals of Castro’s revolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026
In a country where at least one in two citizens are in poverty according to multiple measures, Weah faces accusations of mismanaging government funds.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
For weeks before Garfield's death, medical journals and general newspapers had accused Bliss of mismanaging his care.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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