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
“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
I didn’t understand how people with enough money could so easily mismanage it or make monumentally bad financial decisions.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 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
Bunyan was too skilful a workman so to mismanage the matter.
From Life of Bunyan [Works of the English Puritan divines] by Hamilton, James
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 Cabell, James Branch
The man who manages his neighbor's affairs mismanages his own.
From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton
Organizers wanted to dedicate the money to a specific cause so it wasn’t mismanaged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Reached by telephone, Marino declined to comment on the letter or the mismanaged director’s search.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
This is "insurance" in case of "state collapse or a prolonged crisis", said Bajolet, adding these funds had been "mismanaged by the DGSE".
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
He was fastest in the first session and said he felt Ferrari had mismanaged the rest of qualifying.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 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
ADW Capital accuses majority owner Roark Capital of mismanaging Driven Brands, whose shares dropped 30% last month after disclosing financial errors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
He has been blamed for mismanaging the bullpen, mucking up the lineup, and failing to put this team in a position to succeed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
And the trustees of a bankrupt trucking company accused insurer UnitedHealth Group of mismanaging millions of dollars.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 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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