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 her body wasn’t miscarrying the pregnancy on its own.
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Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Miscarriages haunt pregnant parents who’ve miscarried throughout their successive pregnancies.
—Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024
With her relationship with Green, Peters had miscarried before and terminated one pregnancy at his urging.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 June 2024
Milk production dropped dramatically, and some pregnant cows miscarried.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for miscarry 
Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Miscarriages haunt pregnant parents who’ve miscarried throughout their successive pregnancies.
—Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024
With her relationship with Green, Peters had miscarried before and terminated one pregnancy at his urging.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 June 2024
Milk production dropped dramatically, and some pregnant cows miscarried.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for miscarry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscarry
Verb
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The effort to begin a partition with the Gaza Strip has failed colossally.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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At best, presidents picked up-and-coming party devotees like Elaine Chao, a shameless pro-boss hack, or Tom Perez, a nice guy for sure, who failed to deliver any significant gains for blue-collar America.—
John Samuelsen,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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But that is a fiction, an excuse to stall, as settlements continue to expand.—
Kenneth Roth,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
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The eighth Mission: Impossible installment began filming in the U.K., Malta, South Africa and Norway in early 2022; production stalled in July 2023 due to the Hollywood writers and actors’ strikes and resumed in March 2024.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Actors get a lot of a lot of praise and all that; shows’ success live or die with the crew.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
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French died Friday in Los Angeles of complications from Alzheimer’s, his wife of 34 years, longtime Days of Our Lives actress Eileen Barnett, told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Miscarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscarry. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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