Noun
the slightest miscue could make the trapeze artist lose his grip and fall to the mat below
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All but one of those miscues were committed on the dirt: Two from Muncy, one each from Freeman and Betts (who is playing shortstop regularly for his first time as a professional), and even a couple of catchers interference calls against Will Smith and Austin Barnes.—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024 The Falcons committed two errors Tuesday, and the miscues led to a pair of unearned runs in a 2-1 loss.—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024 From his vantage point inside the News Chopper 9 helicopter, Rowlands has seen thousands of traffic miscues on the metro’s roadways.—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024 Two more miscues followed in the third with first baseman Ryan Noda throwing the ball away on an infield hit by Valdez and starter Joe Boyle making a wild throw on a pickoff attempt at second base.—Josh Dubow, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024 The more voters see him, Mr. Plouffe reasoned, the less any particular miscue might matter.—Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024 And while those miscues weren’t completely on the line, the pass protection unit clearly needs a substantial overhaul, through scheme or talent ... or, more likely, both.—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2024 The Buffaloes scored 21 points off the miscues, including 14 during the third quarter.—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Arizona also forced Colorado to commit 16 turnovers, including 10 off steals and scored 23 points off the miscues.—Dennis Georgatos, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
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The Sea Lions went 4-for-12 from 3-point range in the first half and shot one free throw (Barnes made it) while turning it over seven times, miscues the visitors turned into nine points.—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024 Kerr missed a chance to equalize again with a header in the 82nd and miscued another shot as Australia squandered three opportunities before Hemp set up Russo to finish off the scoring.—John Pye, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023 Coach Tim Tyrrell lamented the special teams miscue with a bit of a chuckle.—Matt Goul, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022 Miami also had its first-half scoring drive assisted by an opponent’s special teams miscue.—David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2021 Perhaps a Rams special teams miscue opens the door for a narrow defeat.—Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2021 The Cougars capitalized on another Plantation special teams miscue as junior Davari Morris made a diving catch of a 7-yard scoring toss from Daniels to make it 27-7 with 3:12 left in the third quarter.—Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2021 The series was extended by another Chargers miscue on special teams when Quenton Meeks went offside on a field-goal attempt, giving Miami a first down at the Chargers’ five-yard line.—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2020
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