as in to fail
to go wrong
the scheme to save the stranded dolphins miscarried, and all were lost
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Recent Examples of miscarry
Once there, the woman said she was left in a room, alone, to miscarry without water or medical assistance for more than 24 hours.
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Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Around the same time the following year, Hayley miscarried.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
So his wife miscarried five more times before Nile and died of ovarian cancer.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
There were initial claims that the 15-year-old girl miscarried, police told WSYX, but it was later revealed the baby was born alive and died for unknown reasons.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
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Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Around the same time the following year, Hayley miscarried.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
So his wife miscarried five more times before Nile and died of ovarian cancer.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
There were initial claims that the 15-year-old girl miscarried, police told WSYX, but it was later revealed the baby was born alive and died for unknown reasons.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscarry
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In the video, Woods can be seen wearing a blue polo shirt and leaning against the patrol car while failing the sobriety tests.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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In other words, when a job requires multiple steps, creativity, or precision, AI replacements are more likely to fail than succeed.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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None of the streetlights were working, and the driverless cars were stalled everywhere.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The average retail price to fill up hasn't been this high since August 2022 when Republicans were relentless in their focus on gas prices and successfully took back Congress, stalling the rest of former President Joe Biden's agenda.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Investigators would spend weeks building their case, combing through nearly 7,000 texts exchanged over the three months before Harold died.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Cormorants that tried to clean each other with their beaks died after ingesting the viscous muck.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Miscarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscarry. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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