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mischances

noun

plural of mischance

as in accidents

a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury the smallest mischance could spell disaster for our plan

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as in misfortunes

bad luck or an example of this by mischance she took a wrong turn and became hopelessly lost in the city

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Noun

What readers are saying The comments express shock and concern over a recent train collision in Spain, highlighting issues with safety systems and the frequency of such accidents.

— Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026
Most damage to the undersea cables that form the Internet’s backbone is the result of accidents involving bottom-trawling fishing nets and ship anchors dragging on the seabed, with storms and undersea landslides also factoring in.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026

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Poliński said Zosia would likely have been blamed for misfortunes such as disease and famine that often plagued the region in the 17th century, which people sometimes attributed to supernatural activity by the dead.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
But the fire this time was started by a son, which led to raging misfortunes that consumed his three brothers one by one, leaving only ashen memories for his surviving sister and aged parents to sift through.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of misfortunes

Noun

As many as 16 ballistic missiles and 280 drones were launched by Russia, resulting in casualties, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said early Tuesday.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
In Southern California, rival ants warred at the borders of their massive supercolonies for years, with casualties soaring into the millions.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

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By century’s end, however, the specter of famine had largely receded (aside from tragedies of war and misgovernment, no small caveat).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Investigators are still working to determine how Boahene was dragged by the train and ways to prevent similar tragedies.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

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