misdirect
Example Sentences
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It is kind of like the ultimate misdirect, you know what I mean?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025
We can’t afford to let the banks misdirect us again.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2024
“Baylor’s focus of media attention on football tried to misdirect attention from institutional failures of the Baylor administration. Our clients would have none of that,” Dunn said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
Berkson could well be right about eveyone's good intentions, but Hamline's institutional failures managed to thwart or misdirect them.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2023
She initially attempted to misdirect the officer and the investigators in an effort to protect her privacy.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
