as in to fail
to go wrong
the scheme to save the stranded dolphins miscarried, and all were lost
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Recent Examples of miscarry
Around the same time the following year, Hayley miscarried.
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Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
So his wife miscarried five more times before Nile and died of ovarian cancer.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
There were initial claims that the 15-year-old girl miscarried, police told WSYX, but it was later revealed the baby was born alive and died for unknown reasons.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
People who miscarry facing jail time or dying from infection.
—Seda Saluk, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
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Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
So his wife miscarried five more times before Nile and died of ovarian cancer.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
There were initial claims that the 15-year-old girl miscarried, police told WSYX, but it was later revealed the baby was born alive and died for unknown reasons.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
People who miscarry facing jail time or dying from infection.
—Seda Saluk, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for miscarry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscarry
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The Ducks improved to 8-0 in shootouts this season despite going just two for six against Montreal, with even Mason McTavish failing to score for the first time in six tries this season.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Doctors had little to offer Reid beyond steroids, which reduce inflammation but can cause bone fractures and diabetes, and a select few immunosuppressant drugs, which expose patients to infections and often fail to halt the disease’s progression.—
Jason Liebowitz,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Unable to raise budgets as fast as populations, some cities slowed or stalled new development, rather than depress services to existing taxpayers.—
Mark Dee
March 6,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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The process would open up a new chance at freedom in a state where clemency is granted in just a fraction of cases and other post-conviction relief, like the state’s Juveniles and Young Adults Convicted as Adults program, or JYACAP, is limited or stalled, Meyer said.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2026
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Her bank records, which are in the files, showed that Noel received thousands of dollars in cash and Zelle payments in the months before Epstein died.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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At least 560,000 corals died within a third of a mile of the dredging, and more probably died as sediment drifted miles away, according to the 2019 study.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Miscarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscarry. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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