missing

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It felt like missing the last helicopter out of ’Nam, as if I were running after couplehood as bombs went off around me and yelling, “Nnnnnooooooooooo!!”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Nyla May Bradshaw was taken to a park in the Owston area of Doncaster in the morning of 30 March and was reported missing a short time later.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

That marks a difference from where he stood earlier this year, when he described rate reductions as the single missing ingredient for stronger economic growth and argued the Fed had no reason to delay.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

But as soon as furnishings and artifacts began to fill those spaces, Goodwin and Rockefeller felt like something was missing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“Why wouldn’t I be? We have the missing page! Come on.”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova