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
But heartbreakingly, Joy miscarried again in mid-March.
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 29 Mar. 2025
Gemma miscarries and Mark finds her in the shower weeping.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Collins miscarried her pregnancy in last week’s episode, and some significant personal things happen to various doctors and nurses later on.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
ProPublica previously reported on two such cases in which miscarrying women in Texas died of sepsis after doctors delayed evacuating their uteruses.
—Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 20 Feb. 2025
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 29 Mar. 2025
Gemma miscarries and Mark finds her in the shower weeping.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Collins miscarried her pregnancy in last week’s episode, and some significant personal things happen to various doctors and nurses later on.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
ProPublica previously reported on two such cases in which miscarrying women in Texas died of sepsis after doctors delayed evacuating their uteruses.
—Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for miscarry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscarry
Verb
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Earlier this year, after failing to meet its own October deadline for the rebate’s relaunch, the government passed a measure allowing producers to claim expenses accrued in the final months of 2024 and the start of 2025.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
18 May 2025
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Over the years, he’s placed a total of 48 tracks somewhere on the list, meaning nearly all of them have become top 10 smashes, with only a handful failing to rise into that uppermost region.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Noisy freight trains crawled through day and night, stalling vehicle and pedestrian traffic at railroad crossings and dictating the pace of life for many residents.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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CIOs need to start by assessing the current data friction points—where latency, siloed systems, or access bottlenecks are stalling AI initiatives.—
Sven Oehme,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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About 1,600 people get sick and 260 die each year from listeriosis, according to the CDC.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Eight-year-old Alanah Phillips and her 4-year-old brother Zayn Phillips died after Chidester drove her car into a child's party at the private Swan Boat Club on April 20, 2024.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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“Miscarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscarry. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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