misread
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If you routinely misread or ignore social cues — or tend to act impulsively — that’s a potential red flag.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Investors misread the mood music on U.S.-Canadian trade talks, in a big way.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
With rain lashing down in Pennsylvania, both players took two of the next six holes before Leng Jr misread a putt on the 12th to hand his opponent a three-hole lead.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
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
Working without a single hard fact, islanders drew a variety of conclusions: pilot error, pilot inexperience, misread charts, crossed signals, fog, wind, tide, ineptitude.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at Creative Strategies, said that misreads how consumers actually adopt technology.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
But Mr. Ferguson misreads the law in going after NewsGuard, a private outfit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
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 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
But where Hwan’s Christianity is a willful, grotesque misreading of the Bible, Latif actively wrestles with his moral shortcomings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
If that were true, astronomers could have been misreading the supernova data and incorrectly concluding that cosmic expansion was speeding up when it was actually slowing.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
But Gawat caught several errors in real time, including a misreading of his vitamin D level, which was low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Beyond this dispute, there sits a fundamental misreading by each side of its enemy.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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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