misrepresent
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Following the ruling, Meta said the company remains "confident in our record of protecting teens online and will continue to defend ourselves against claims that misrepresent the facts."
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
“We remain confident in our record of protecting teens online and will continue to defend ourselves against claims that misrepresent the facts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
She had no intention to misquote or misrepresent the rulings and that "the mistake occurred solely due to the reliance on an automatic source", the high court wrote.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
The uptick is related to the use of AI by bad actors to misrepresent their income, Wickett said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
The skilled orator is out not necessarily to knock down his opponent’s case tout court—but to misrepresent his opponent’s case in such a way as to make it easier to attack.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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New York Times spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha said in an email to the Associated Press that Griffin’s lawsuit “repeatedly misrepresents The New York Times story and its reporting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
TikTok said it rejected the idea that political content is prioritised over the safety of young people and said the claim "fundamentally misrepresents the way their moderation systems operate".
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
The problem, of course, is that he misrepresents reality to do so.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025
“Freddie never lies. He misrepresents, but he never lies.”
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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Hegseth, however, told journalists that conditions aboard the carrier have been "completely misrepresented."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday called the reports "completely misrepresented".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The prime minister argues that was misrepresented by smugglers to promise an easy path to Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Specifically, she ruled that Ghaffar misrepresented his financial interest in a software company called Innoveo—where Ghaffar’s brother was CEO—when he induced Paulson to invest more than $12 million in the business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Oh. This reminds me of this cute little cabin I stayed at in Amsterdam over last winter break. They misrepresented the picture online when I booked! My dad almost sued the pants off them.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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But environmental groups have accused his companies of misrepresenting their assets to avoid paying environmental penalties.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
Mejia said that Sokoloff was misrepresenting how many audits his predecessor had done by counting the number of reports — not actual audits — released over that time.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
ImmunityBio received an FDA warning for misrepresenting Anktiva’s efficacy and administration, violating federal law.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Prosecutors said that Milton made repeated statements exaggerating or misrepresenting the capabilities of the company and its products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Later editions of her Surinam book were needlessly reorganized according to different classification systems, garbling and misrepresenting her findings.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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