misdirect

Example Sentences

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I do want them to reflect on it, worry about it, think about it and then, I’ve got to misdirect them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

We can’t afford to let the banks misdirect us again.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2024

“Baylor’s focus of media attention on football tried to misdirect attention from institutional failures of the Baylor administration. Our clients would have none of that,” Dunn said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

It could be an answer to a question or an intentional misdirect, or an expression on their face.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2023

“Somehow we think it is funny to misdirect people and we don’t smile when we do it, but we laugh inwardly. It is our nature.”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck