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Ms. Hadden has since apologized for suggesting the victim caused her own death while blaming media for “intentionally creating sound bites to misconstrue my words during this tragedy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

And when a stock has been tumbling, it’s tempting to misconstrue a bit of good news for a change in trade.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

They’re trying to misconstrue it, like they have with other realities, which I try to ignore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025

Robert Wachter, chair of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, said people can easily misconstrue the CDC five-day guidance as a personal assurance of no longer being contagious.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2022

“Explanation will do for another time,” thought I. Still, when I reached my chamber, I felt a pang at the idea she should even temporarily misconstrue what she had seen.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

This assertion also misconstrues the facts, according to KFF.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

“Alberta’s position on this misconstrues the purpose of the buyback program,” Mendicino said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022

An Uber spokesperson said in a statement that the "complaint misconstrues both the facts and the applicable law and we intend to defend ourselves accordingly."

From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2022

And it misconstrues the relative importance and economic power of New Orleans and Houston.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2017

Meanwhile Lucy Woodrow had experienced another shock, and had been afforded some idea of the cheerful readiness with which a censorious world misconstrues our amiable intentions, and imputes selfish motives to the most disinterested missioner.

From In the Roaring Fifties by Edward Dyson

Furthermore, Dimon and Buffett wrote, “Our views on quarterly earnings forecasts should not be misconstrued as opposition to quarterly and annual reporting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

However, Rosenior sought to play down Fernandez's remarks, saying the midfielder is "committed" and the comments were "misconstrued" following an emotional defeat.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

Analysts suggest that the perceived deceleration in GMV growth is misconstrued, especially when excluding Walmart volumes.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

I think that’s exactly what’s happened here, deliberately misconstrued facts to try to come up with a case.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

To Adams, on the other hand, he claimed that his remarks on the Davila essays had been misconstrued, that he was actually “not referring to any writing that I might suppose to be yours.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

"It can fuel anxiety in parents who are watching the app and maybe misconstruing something that has happened in a room," one nursery owner said.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

He said he had no intention to attack any individual or political party, and that anyone who claimed he was attacking a specific party was misconstruing his words.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

Lodge has publicly accused critics of the authority of misconstruing its work and overstating the potential impacts of mining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

"The media ended up misconstruing what I said when they asked me if I had seen my brother," she said on Oct.

From Fox News ● Oct. 12, 2021

This time I’m also certain I’m not misconstruing friendship for romance like I did with Sophia.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson