Noun
the slightest miscue could make the trapeze artist lose his grip and fall to the mat below
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Noun
Launching a 444-foot blast that would have landed on Waveland Avenue if not for a billboard impeding its path, Soler turned a 6-1 deficit into a one-run game with one two-out swing in the top of the eighth, making their defensive miscues the previous inning loom large.—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024 His evident delight in mocking Biden as a doddering old fool has inspired a robust marketplace of Republican imitators, who post clips of Biden’s every halting stutter or blank stare as proof of his senescence, while ignoring the many miscues of their own leader.—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
Verb
While Granada capitalized on De La Salle miscues, the Matadors’ defense played a near-flawless game.—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024 The Sea Lions went 4-for-12 from 3-point range in the first half and shot one free throw (Barnes made it) while turning it over seven times, miscues the visitors turned into nine points.—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for miscue
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