misread
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A dissent by presiding Justice Alison Tucher concluded the majority misread the proposition, which she said must adhere to the state’s civil rights laws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Washington also ignored or misread current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s comment that while he would allow the memorandum of understanding, he opposed it “as a matter of principle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Bell described the outcome of the latest review as an insult to the women who have "suffered as a direct result of their smear tests being misread".
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
“He misread the policy and he got me very excited,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
At first Luke was nervous he’d misread something—that she really didn’t want to see him wrestle.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
But that misreads an endnote: As I make clear in the text, the number refers specifically to German casualties during the first three months of Operation Barbarossa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
It did not help that a couple of misreads meant he did not get to one through ball and Alejandro Garnacho failed to react to one of his.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2023
“There were some misreads and misfires by me. Just been working on that stuff as much as possible,” Zappe said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
There is a slew of misreads or errors that concern me by the public, news media, and others.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2023
Soojin quickly glances at me, but either misreads my face or ignores it.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
These systems are — as has been extensively and embarrassingly documented — prone to generating fabricated citations, misreading evidentiary context and issuing confident-sounding verdicts about matters they fundamentally do not understand.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
That is a completely ridiculous misreading of this speech.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
However, BOJ policymakers say that this time the context is different for Japan, and they want to avoid falling into the trap of misreading inflation cues and waiting too long to adjust rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
For investors, the risk lies in misreading this moment as cyclical belt-tightening rather than structural repositioning.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
Then, there were indications she was misreading the actual size of the islands.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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