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misdirect

[mis-di-rekt] / ˌmɪs dɪˈrɛkt /






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Suspecting Al-Nourji of trying to misdirect them, the police held him for questioning.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

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

Berkson could well be right about eveyone's good intentions, but Hamline's institutional failures managed to thwart or misdirect them.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2023

But to successfully ignore those reports and misdirect people into thinking the problem was under control?

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman