MISCARRIED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

miscarried

verb

past tense of miscarry

as in failed

to go wrong the scheme to save the stranded dolphins miscarried, and all were lost

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Recent Examples of miscarried The Cincinnati Bengals player, 31, and his wife announced in a joint Instagram post on Friday, July 17, that their baby, a boy, miscarried at 16 weeks. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026 Two years later, in May 2025, Andrews recorded an emotional episode on the same day her surrogate miscarried. — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 15 July 2026 Goodman miscarried multiple times, and lost at least one child in infancy. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 Gutierrez had been held hostage alongside two of his nieces, one of whom was three months pregnant and subsequently miscarried. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026 Cillíní were reserved for babies who were stillborn, miscarried, or died at birth without having been baptized. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026 So his wife miscarried five more times before Nile and died of ovarian cancer. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025 There were initial claims that the 15-year-old girl miscarried, police told WSYX, but it was later revealed the baby was born alive and died for unknown reasons. — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025 While all is well for Asher and Archer, Chicago Fire’s premiere brought fans the sad report that Stella had miscarried. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025

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Critically, the owner of the footage failed to show any impact on the market for the footage and in fact had never licensed the footage for compensation.

— Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Congress legalized home brewing in 1978 Occasional efforts in recent years to change the law failed to gain traction.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of failed

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Jimerson and Brown, who died in 2020, were two of four people convicted of taking part in the murder and rape of 78-year-old Myrtle Holmes of Fordyce.

— Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
In the village of Bilbasovka in eastern Ukraine, a 13-year-old child and an adult died after Russian troops dropped bombs on private houses Sunday, according to local official Vadim Lyakh.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

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Rybakina’s serve and forehand can take any match out of her opponent’s hands, especially on grass, but the latter shot has misfired of late, and McNally’s changes in rhythm will give the 27-year-old a serious working over.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Court records show the teen tried to shoot Spencer with a rifle, but the gun misfired.

— CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 25 June 2026

Definition of misfired

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Washington has turned to pulling economic levers six months into a war on Iran that has ground to a stalemate militarily, with peace talks stalled and most traffic through the crucial Strait of Hormuz blocked.

— Tucker Reals, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Settlement talks in that litigation appear to have stalled after Bonta canceled a session scheduled for Monday.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

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