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
Remember, at the end of the one o’clock hour, Heather miscarried in the bathroom.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Three miscarrying Texas women, mourning the loss of their pregnancies, died without getting a procedure; one was a teenager.
—Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025
Patients who are miscarrying still don’t know what to expect from Houston Methodist.
—Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2024
Louisiana’s law could also make pharmacists less likely to fill misoprostol prescriptions for people miscarrying at home, or even for non-pregnant patients taking the drug before IUD insertions or diagnostic procedures called hysteroscopies.
—Susan Rinkunas, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Three miscarrying Texas women, mourning the loss of their pregnancies, died without getting a procedure; one was a teenager.
—Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025
Patients who are miscarrying still don’t know what to expect from Houston Methodist.
—Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2024
Louisiana’s law could also make pharmacists less likely to fill misoprostol prescriptions for people miscarrying at home, or even for non-pregnant patients taking the drug before IUD insertions or diagnostic procedures called hysteroscopies.
—Susan Rinkunas, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscarry
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Aim for Outsized Returns Given that most innovation initiatives will fail, the successful projects must generate returns that justify the overall investment.—
Jessica Mendoza,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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In 2023, British millionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit launched a flight over the Atlantic Ocean that reached space but failed to attain orbit, and the company folded a few months later.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Inflation has fallen from a 40-year peak of 9.1% in 2022, but the last stretch to meet the Fed's 2% goal has stalled.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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While former President Joe Biden sought to revive the deal, negotiations stalled, and Trump's second-term policies have further tightened sanctions.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Miller suddenly fell ill on a family vacation in Costa Rica and died on Friday, March 21.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army's first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Miscarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscarry. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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