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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
miscue .
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Examples
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After Taylor had turned a Montolivo shot aside he was beaten for a third time in calamitous circumstances after 74 minutes when McAuley kicked the ball from his hands after initially miscuing a clearance.
Italy 3-0 Northern Ireland | Euro 2012 Group C qualifier match report 2011
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Having set up Connor Wickham he watched the young substitute striker take too many touches before miscuing.
Middlesbrough 1-2 Sunderland | FA Cup fourth-round replay 2012
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A recent study examining what factors produced this effect suggests that the miscuing of the attentional spotlight is the primary factor, and not the motion of the eyes.
SciAm Mind - What Can Magicians Teach Us about the Brain? William Harryman 2009
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Saurav Ganguly was out trying to pull a short one from Sami and ended up miscuing the shot and Sami ran toward mid-wicket to take a caught-and-bowled chance.
Cricket: 2nd Test. 4th Day. India set Pakistan 422 to Win. Chirayu 2005
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'How come,' he said, completely miscuing, 'you can drink so much and play so well?'
Hide And Seek Rankin, Ian 1990
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England started to rebuild their chase again with Eoin Morgan and Michael Yardy putting on a patient stand of 44 - but again they lost wickets in quick succession, with Morgan miscuing a lofted drive which Tait made good ground to hold on to running back from mid-on, while Yardy was then run out by Watson.
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Australia took the powerplay at the start of the 39th over but Clarke lasted just five balls more before miscuing Tim Bresnan to Shahzad at mid-off for a 57-ball 36.
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Tharanga was the first to go, miscuing a drive off paceman Christopher Mpofu in the 45th over, while Dilshan fell to a lofted shot off spinner Prosper Utseya in the next.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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After miscuing a chip over the on-side the ball before, Clarke tried it on again, but only succeeded in hitting a catch to Yardy, who juggled it, before holding the catch.
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England started to rebuild their chase again with Eoin Morgan and Michael Yardy putting on a patient stand of 44 - but again they lost wickets in quick succession, with Morgan miscuing a lofted drive which Tait made good ground to hold on to running back from mid-on, while Yardy was then run out by Watson.
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