awry
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Stewart is a new Green Lantern recruit, but when an investigation into the whereabouts of a killer alien robot on the run goes awry, they go their separate ways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
But even the best laid plans can go awry.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
A new generation of neuroscientists saw FTD as the perfect sample set to understand what happens when things go awry in the formation of human consciousness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
There may not be some earth-shattering moment where AI either goes awry and causes chaos or suddenly solves the world’s most intractable problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
His hair is uncombed, and his clothes are awry.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
Vocabulary lists containing awry
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Four
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