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1 story matching missent
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:dissent, miss, misrepresent, missi, assent, missil
- The Diva’s Relic: When a Sacred Charm Held Up a Seattle Opera
A superstitious cantatrice once refused to perform because she’d lost a piece of the True Cross—forcing her manager to hunt through trunks until the curtain rose.