errant
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"We need better ways to obtain and verify information, trace complex corporate relationships, and impose meaningful consequences on errant entities," Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
He retained his seat in the House of Lords, as there was no mechanism to remove an errant peer.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
At their lowest points, the creators we spoke to were not disrupted merely by the errant hostile comment.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
In Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s libretto, the enraged Menelaus tries to kill his errant wife Helena on their journey home from Troy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The labored form of each letter and the irregular space between words was full of the struggle for control over the errant, self-willed pencil.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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