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- noun Plural form of
mishap .
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Examples
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Every conservative scandal receives multiple days of commentary and a thorough analysis, while Democrats caught in mishaps either get little coverage, no mentions at all or one hit.
Richard Grenell: New Republican Congress Should Stop Funding NPR Richard Grenell 2010
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Maybe someday I’ll address the civil engineers about certain mishaps (see: 280/880/Steven’s Creek – Seriously What The Hell Were You Thinking?).
An Open Letter to the Drivers of Northern California « Morgan Dempsey 2008
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No, it's because, in the New York Times Magazine yesterday, President Obama is quoted as reading a number of presidential biographies that shed light on midterm mishaps that afflicted almost all his predecessors.
Nigel Hamilton: Lessons of 1994 Nigel Hamilton 2010
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After all, the mishaps are almost the best part of small-boat sailing.
SMALL-BOAT SAILING 2010
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It's why, a minute later, he again called the mishaps "my fault" and "my responsibility."
Giants Reeling From Sloppy Play Aditi Kinkhabwala 2010
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Gone are the days when railway ministers used to resign, owning responsibility for train mishaps.
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But it is precisely this kind of trans formation which Britain needs and which -- in spite of our short-term mishaps -- she is getting; and this is more critical for our survival as an industrial power than shortterm upsets in the balance of payments or the timetable of our withdrawal East of Suez.
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After all, the mishaps are almost the best part of small-boat sailing.
Small-Boat Sailing 1917
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After all, the mishaps are almost the best part of small-boat sailing.
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After all, the mishaps are almost the best part of small-boat sailing.
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