variants
or mis-setting
as in losing
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After losing two games at home over the past four days, ASU will look to break out of its shooting slump on the road at Coastal Carolina on Wednesday.—
Michael Harley,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026 -
Both had extreme highs and lows, were enveloped by intense criticism, struggled with bad stretches of losing and poor quarterback play — and each was fired during their fourth season on the job.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Alarmists will often focus on the negative while passing over potential positive outcomes.—
Jeff Mayhugh,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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The epicenter of the hurricane is passing over Cuba at the opposite end of the island to the Caribbean country's capital city of Havana, the BBC noted.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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That employee questioned whether the cost of moving equipment from one building to another, possibly misplacing or throwing away equipment in the process, was actually saving Goddard and the federal government money.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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Meet the expert This baby pink cat-eye manicure is all about what's missing.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Missetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missetting. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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