misquotes
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On March 16, 2021, the paper corrected a couple of misquotes that it had printed.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022
Speaking elegantly, he quotes — and misquotes — poets, scientists and former leaders, weaving fragments of history into his long monologues that lay out a dark and at times contradictory worldview.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021
Listed between celebrity misquotes and political mishaps was a trend for an oversized cat along with an orangutan who got free from a zoo and wreaked havoc.
From The Verge • Jan. 30, 2019
It includes misquotes of Muslim figures of authority and elisions of fact that portray the Muslim community as dogmatic and unknowable.
From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2018
But though Mr. Tullidge misquotes this passage, there is evidence in addition to his word, that Joseph did desire and even ordained Hyrum Smith to succeed him.
From Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Roberts, B. H.