mislead

Example Sentences

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For example, photos included in the indictment show the use of a hair dryer to move serial numbers to boxes of nonworking, replicated dummy servers in an attempt to mislead the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

He eventually refused to answer questions with a simple "yes" or "no", arguing multiple times that the lawyers were trying to mislead the jury.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

“I don’t think the administration has sought to mislead, but one does get the sense that they are building the aircraft mid-flight.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Senior officers did not intentionally mislead the committee over AI generated intelligence, but demonstrated a "remarkable lack of professional curiosity", said the report.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

In fact, quotation marks used like that can mislead the reader.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner