confuse
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Nor should its members confuse remembering everything with understanding anything.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Silkyara taught me never to confuse unlikely with impossible," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
From a distance, that makes it easy to confuse him with a coach but, given his role on the pitch, it is a fitting mistake.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
He did appear to confuse the two islands in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year, though the White House denied any mix-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But sometimes the memories feel so real, so visceral, so personal, that I confuse them with my own.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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That claim confuses the moral freedom of individuals with a particular religious or institutional order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“It confuses the market” that growth expectations didn’t get a lift despite AI-chip revenue jumping more than 143% from a year ago, Mulberry said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
This creates what is known as the doorway effect, which confuses our brains.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
One of the persistent story lines in the WBC: The Americans should have more fun, which confuses exuberance with passion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
I always apologize to people when my name confuses them.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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“These were high-stakes negotiations and there were certainly moments of disagreement, but disagreement should not be confused with disrespect,” he said in the statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Lee said he was also confused by the different policies in neighbouring councils.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The only time Duterte had been seen since his arrest in March 2025 was an initial appearance via video, where he seemed confused and tired, his speech barely audible.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I understand having a deluge of information from many sources and just being confused and having concerns,” Jones said at the news conference.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Gingersnipes had been in this very position since she’d arrived in Deadwood: confused and unsure of her own eternal fate.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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"These cats are confusing because they look so similar and there are few specimens in museums, so even now we are still learning how to tell them apart as genetics reveal more species," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
This is where things get confusing, as three days after the Missouri Supreme Court issued its ruling, Hoskins ran to the U.S.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
And, to make things even more confusing, your rights depend on what airline you’re flying and where.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
I thought I wasn’t allowed to — it was discombobulating, confusing, and then just kind of gross.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Because numbers are used in music to identify everything from beats to intervals to harmonics to what fingering to use, this naming system is sometimes less confusing.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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