as in missed
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
so often, for all of our presumption, we misknow the hearts of others
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The junior running back missed much of 2024 with injuries, and despite practicing during fall camp, has remained on the sidelines so far.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Cincinnati retook the lead three drives later, though Cleveland had a chance to steal the game late in the fourth quarter but failed after Andre Szmyt missed a 36-yard field goal wide right.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stroke symptoms, risk factors in young adults Certain symptoms of stroke in young people like nausea, dizziness or tiredness are often dismissed or mistaken for migraines or stress, Shapiro said, which can delay critical treatment.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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From 1923 to 1940, Martinů lived in Paris, and turned out enough up-to-the-minute works—about soccer, silent-movie shoots, transatlantic flights—that he could have been mistaken for a seventh member of Les Six.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday that Witkoff had misunderstood Russia's position on a ceasefire deal, taking Putin's demands for Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as an offer for Moscow to pull troops from the two regions.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Misknown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misknown. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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