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Homeowners might also misinterpret the presence of mushrooms, which give cute Woodland Nymph vibes, but can indicate internal tree decay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

It’s easy for students to misunderstand and misinterpret college award letters that specify the financial aid they will receive.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025

Did “Walter Bloomberg” merely misinterpret a Fox News clip?

From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2025

“The problem is a lot of people misinterpret a lot of my dad’s work as schadenfreude, when it’s really not,” James said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025

He is quick to sense slight or insult in things others say, and frequently may misinterpret well-meant communications.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

A superintelligent AI system that ignores human goals or misinterprets commands could, naysayers say, scramble people’s bank accounts, disrupt essential water and power supplies, or take over missile-launch systems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The court "misunderstands FIFRA's requirement, misinterprets the scope of FIFRA's preemption and ultimately leaves Durness without a remedy for the significant harms he has suffered."

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Bentley introduced a detective who misinterprets the clues made available to the reader; his solution is proven wrong even though the same clues yield the correct answer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

In both cases, the judge profoundly misinterprets the law.”

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024

Olly misinterprets my shiver and steps close to me to add his towel to my shoulders.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

There is also no way yet to determine whether the corals seen in the 1960s really were dead and later recovered, or whether the original survey simply misinterpreted what was there.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Kant later said his comments had been misinterpreted and were directed specifically at young people using fake degrees, rather than the country's youth more broadly.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

She later said the comments had been misinterpreted.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

“In his zealous and highly scrutinized representation, Dershowitz made a spontaneous series of remarks before Congress that, he says, were misinterpreted by pundits,” Judge Britt Grant, a Trump appointee wrote for the 11th Circuit Court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Have I by any chance misinterpreted your testimony?

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Ritholtz does exactly that, running through such surefire ways to wreck your wealth as ignoring taxes, paying excessive fees, misinterpreting data, overreacting to short-term trends, and trading too much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"Without accurate assessment tools, policymakers, developers and users risk misinterpreting what AI systems can actually do," he said.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026

On Friday he took to social media to criticize “the usual idiots misinterpreting a Post article on Mets payroll.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

As rambling as it can be, misinterpreting “Die My Love” as anything other than Lawrence’s is impossible.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

Since there are serious consequences to misinterpreting these statements as absolute laws, a responsible writer should insert a qualifier like on average or all things being equal, together with a slightly or somewhat.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker