mislead
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This tells me she is either remarkably unobservant or willing to mislead the public.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Enormous efforts were made to mislead the Germans about what was coming.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
These instant markups boost the returns of the buyers and mislead their investors.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
The Ministerial Code states that ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament are expected to resign.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
But Dewey, and some of the other investigators, seemed not to credit his story, and behaved as though it were a tale he’d invented to mislead them.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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