astray
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Defector Brooks Koepka skulked back to the PGA Tour, accepting penalties for going astray.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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
Not to go all Charlie Brown here – and yes, a Peanuts-themed fireplace exists on the Interwebs – but might we introspect about these commercialist and consumerist bells and whistles leading us astray?
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
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
These photos were her map, and Joaquin knew then that he was rudderless, that he would only lead her astray.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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