Nancy Meyers

Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.

American Director

Adam Grant

In the workplace, many people become helicopter managers, hovering over their employees in a well-intentioned but ill-fated attempt to provide support. These are givers gone awry - people so desperate to help others that they develop a white knight complex and end up causing harm instead.

American Author

Jake Arrieta

I let previous instances creep up in my thought process sometimes. I think that's where things go awry, and that's where the walks come in. I'm not giving up many hits, just putting them on base for free.

American Athlete

Steven Bochco

When it is perceived that a show has gone awry, the pressure is staggering, and as a writer caught in that storm, it feels like you are being attacked by jackals.

American Producer

James L. Dolan

I think an owner needs to be present. When an owner is not present that's when things tend to go awry.

American Businessman

Michael Frome

In the separation of the human species from nature, life goes awry.

Rose McGowan

I've seen many actors go awry by making the wrong choices early on.

American Actress

Nikolai Gogol

It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.

Russian Writer

Bill Cowher

You go back to fundamentals when things start to go awry.

American Coach

Frances Arnold

So many things in my life have gone awry.

American Scientist

Use 'awry' to talk about plans or situations that unexpectedly fail or change direction.

Unexpected Turns

'Awry' often implies a negative outcome or a deviation from a desired path.

Negative Outcome

'Awry' can be used figuratively to emphasize that something is amiss or out of the ordinary.

Figurative Use

'Awry' can describe a visual sense of disorder, particularly in appearance.

Visual Disarray

Highlights a mild, sometimes intentional, state of messiness or disorganization in looks.

Slight Disorder

'Awry' can imply a nonconformist or unconventional style that goes against the norm.

Unconventional

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 down real hard it's easy as has seen on TV yes if you said what are we doing this for still well I know what I woke up I learned this week that if I want to go out catch bluefin - and I got to keep my anchor off of other people's boats how many things are going awry start screaming cussing and get the bleep

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 to follow celebrities where they can hide out in among the millions of people who follow famous people but something clearly had gone awry in the code and they were all following olives now even though the followers weren't real their effect on olives life was after a couple

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 and realized what had eluded scientists for four decades. Something must have gone awry involving the hedgehog gene. Let's take a step back. Genes contain instructions that tell cells what to do and when to do it, and they communicate their directives using proteins.

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 and things could go terribly awry. So I think when it comes to markets, we have a little bit of a similar fable in our heads. We believe that the markets is this magic pot that obeys only one make more money. Only those words said exactly that way

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 Cells in this organ's lining constantly renew themselves, but the genes that moderate this process occasionally go awry, leading to the excessive growth of new cells. That results in small growths or abnormal clumps of cells called polyps.

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 to separate signal from noise and the self from sensations. We need time's arrow to understand cause and effect, not just in the material world, but in our own intentions and our motivations. What happens when that arrow goes awry?

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 and Bob on the mission to construct the space station. And ironically, if your mission had gone awry or needed help, Bob was assigned to be on the rescue craft. You know, launch day is for all of us a time of great excitement, yes.

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 an employer can use that secrecy to save a lot of money. Imagine how much better you could negotiate for a raise if you knew everybody's salary. Economists warn that information asymmetry can cause markets to go awry.

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 that turned into a large thermal river this kind of thing has happened before drilling projects go awry and heat from deep in the earth shoots up causing really extreme changes on the surface

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