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as in accident
a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury
the usual mishaps of a family vacation
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as in misfortune
bad luck or an example of this
mishap followed wherever he went
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Recent Examples of mishap
The show stars Robinson as a guy who gets drawn into a rabbit hole after a workplace mishap.
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Perhaps no one on the Sharks roster needed to have a good night more than goalie Alex Nedeljkovic, whose puck mishaps last Thursday led directly to the Sharks’ overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
The explosion was the latest fiery mishap SpaceX's Starship has encountered during – and, now, before – its flight tests in 2025.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
The mishap comes as advancing AI systems put pressure on consultancies.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Perhaps no one on the Sharks roster needed to have a good night more than goalie Alex Nedeljkovic, whose puck mishaps last Thursday led directly to the Sharks’ overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
The explosion was the latest fiery mishap SpaceX's Starship has encountered during – and, now, before – its flight tests in 2025.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
The mishap comes as advancing AI systems put pressure on consultancies.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishap
Noun
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Kids don’t learn it from just accident.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Kobolds can just as often decide to be harmful, however, causing accidents, cave-ins, and rockslides for reasons of their own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Mistakes, misfortunes, even tragedy, toxic secrets from the past—anything can happen, or may have happened.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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Sacramento Kings general manager Scott Perry and coach Doug Christie are trying to pick up the pieces after a season of chaos caused their predecessors to lose their jobs, but so far fate and misfortune seem to be conspiring against them.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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But tragedies like these also reflect the vulnerability of this refugee population – with the overall reduction in support causing a cascade effect for those already living on a knife edge of survival.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Mistakes, misfortunes, even tragedy, toxic secrets from the past—anything can happen, or may have happened.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Mishap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishap. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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