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or mis-setting
as in losing
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The reigning Super Bowl champions still hold a two-game advantage in the NFC East standings and will look to stop their losing skid in Week 14.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025 -
Ertz has 50 catches for 504 yards and four touchdowns this season — all of which rank second on the team, which is 3-10 after losing eight games in a row.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Eilmer managed to glide a good 600 feet, passing over the city wall before crash-landing in a small valley near the river Avon.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
14 June 2026
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The United Boeing 767-400 coming from Venice, Italy, struck the pole while passing over a major roadway at a very low elevation on its final approach, the carrier confirmed in a statement shared with PEOPLE at the time.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
7 May 2026
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There’s no greater nightmare on a cross-country road trip than misplacing your keys—which is where Apple AirTags come in handy.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2026
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One standout moment shows the robot stepping down, briefly misplacing its foot, and then subtly repositioning it before continuing forward.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Emilio Navarro, the mayor of Santiago Del Teide, offered his condolences to the families of the dead and said rescue crews continued Monday to search for the missing swimmer.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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But the tensest exchange came over 11 minutes of missing bodycam footage, specifically of the transport of the evidence from McDonald's to the police station, when Wasser allegedly turned her camera off.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Missetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missetting. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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