miss
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Scotland and Northern Ireland will largely miss any of the impacts caused by Storm Austen.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Rams wide receiver Davante Adams will miss six to 10 weeks with a ruptured hamstring and Kobie Turner will be placed on injured reserve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
X-ray observations are especially valuable because they reveal extreme activity that other types of light can miss.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
“I do miss it,” Stone said of bedside nursing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
I hadn’t realized that I’d miss her like I did, and having that one connection back to the Academy made me feel more grounded in this new space.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Richarlison matches Sturridge for minutes per goal contribution, but with eight fewer the Brazilian, perhaps harshly, misses out.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
It conflates European recycling systems with the market-based infrastructure that drives recycling in the U.S. and misses a more important question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"The kind of person who misses a flight and, instead of panicking, calmly adapts to the situation. This person may still feel stressed, but they're better able to manage it through psychological flexibility."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
UPS worker misses email, and China gets U.S. fighter-jet parts.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
A jet of red light zips into the cabin and misses her by inches.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
The company also missed expectations on advertising revenue growth.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Health executives say worker churn also jeopardizes patient safety, intensifying the risk of patient falls, medical errors and missed cues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Sexton missed all five preseason games and a lot of practices with a lower right leg injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama missed 30 games in 2025 due to a deep-vein thrombosis in his right shoulder.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Did they have people who would miss them the way Danny missed Pili?
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
As the days and weeks passed since Nathan went missing, the enormity of the situation became increasingly clear.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Using data from the Department of State and internal Social Security Administration systems, the SSA added 17 million dates of death to records that were missing this information.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Most concepts essential to psychotherapy and psychoanalytic therapies are missing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Card trader Sky-B said on a video that 104 of the cards he collected over the past two years are missing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
“But if it was between missing a few nights of ATO and having nothing to offer P.J. Clarke, what would you choose?”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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