misled

Example Sentences

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But he is likely to limp on if his defense is true—that he was lied to or was misled by his own government, Travers said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The probe examines if Lululemon misled consumers about product safety, quality, and health impacts of its synthetic materials.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Prosecutors said Colony Ridge repeatedly misled consumers about the condition of lots they purchased, forcing them to spend hundreds or thousands on drainage improvements and utility connections they hadn’t known the land needed.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

The ease with which genes pass on mechanical, protein-coded traits like eye color has misled even scientists into thinking that they pass on other traits straightforwardly as well.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

‘I was misled by Gaia and that horrible Roman child!’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan