garden path
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I love being hoodwinked, led up the garden path, dazzled by red herrings and then awed into submission by an ingenious finale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
Reflecting on his efforts to decode potato spindle tuber disease, he wryly told the New York Times, “we went up the garden path many times.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
Potted mums look stunning hanging from a porch hook or lining a garden path.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
So we went through all the programs they had, and they led me down the garden path to one called the Master of Arts in Leadership.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2020
Yet another lure into a garden path comes from the statistical patterns of the English language, in which certain words are likely to precede or follow others.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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