astray
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He left 15 years ago and has spent much of the time since cataloging how he thought the institution was going astray.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Then again, those New Year’s Eve revelers may have had their powers of basic detection and deductive reasoning sharpened by being led astray by AI slop.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026
As app users become even more desperate for human connection and worse at identifying what’s written by bots, they’ll be pulled toward profiles that are overtly unconventional to avoid being led astray.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2026
Short-term market gyrations rarely amount to more than statistical noise, and when they do represent something more than noise, they more often than not lead you astray.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025
If not for Old Timothy leading the hounds astray until she and the children had nearly reached the house, they would have been at the mercy of Lord Fredrick’s wild shots.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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