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miscounts

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present tense third-person singular of miscount

as in mistakes

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That is what happens when a society burns effigies long enough; eventually, somebody mistakes a person for one.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The current podcasting landscape, to him, already mistakes access for art.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026

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Helmut Haller, West Germany vs England, 1966 Ray Wilson misjudges his headed clearance, Haller gathers it on the edge of the box and, just before Bobby Moore can close him down, slaps a right-footed shot into the far corner.

— Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Too often, philanthropy misjudges where the real risk lies.

— Abigail Disney, Time, 16 Apr. 2026

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When her plastic surgeon father botches a celebrity nose job at his practice, her parents decide to move from Bel-Air to Seattle.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
But there’s nothing shocking or subversive about this movie, which plays like proficient, forgettable straight-to-streaming fare for the first ninety minutes and then botches its big, bloody finale.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2026

Definition of botches

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Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years.

— Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Not the family stuff, like Natalie’s spontaneous nipple piercing after making out with Cady’s maybe-daughter, Nevaeh (Malia Pyles), who later murders her own mother after kissing her, for way too long, on the mouth.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026

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