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Afterward, they had to determine the most direct route back to their original starting position without being shown the correct path.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Perhaps the Rogers campaign is correct, and El-Sayed’s connection to the Twitch streamer will prove to be uniquely toxic, torpedoing his chances in the general.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
It found that ChatGPT dropped the average reading level to that of a seventh-grader and was medically correct nearly 98% of the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Orders were also issued by the Department of Animal Care and Control to correct deficits in housing facilities and sanitation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
This was not exactly what Chase’s father was doing, but he didn’t correct her.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
He pauses, then corrects himself: "As fast as possible, of course."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“It’s not a romance, it’s a love story,” she immediately corrects him.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
As the market corrects its math, the quality names should outperform.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
The new analysis corrects those measurements and finds no strong evidence for precession, suggesting the oval orbit likely originated during the system's formation rather than being caused by spin effects.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
“But, it’s Peña with an n,” she corrects.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
When Gawat corrected the AI, its tone shifted to urgency, telling him to start taking a vitamin D supplement “immediately,” with a red siren emoji.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Modi also said "mistakes made in youth" should be corrected through guidance rather than legal action, referring to the police cases.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The only sport I am aware of where it doesn't happen, and I'd happily stand corrected here, is golf, because of its self-policing nature.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
If VAR had been available, Scottish referee Hugh Dallas could have corrected the missed call, awarding a penalty and giving Frings a red card, expelling him for the final 40 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
“I don’t know. However long it takes for Scrappy to get corrected, I guess.”
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
In another study using different methods, researchers at Imperial College in London and Indiana University concluded that correcting this disparity would require insurers to hold even more capital.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
“I’m his lawyer,” Blanche replied, before correcting himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He wasn’t answering my question; he was correcting it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
In an ancient form of marking homework, a second person's hand can be seen changing mistakes, "going along and correcting them later and adding breath marks", he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
He’d learned the difference at Camp Half-Blood, and Coach Hedge was always correcting him if he made that mistake.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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