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mistakenly

adverb as in wrongly

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In other areas, such as in Berkeley, some residents mistakenly thought it was impossible for a tsunami to enter San Francisco Bay, and argued against following city evacuation orders.

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Customs and Border Protection reached the same conclusion, finding that brokers and importers mistakenly inflated the quantity of products they were bringing into the country after new steel tariffs complicated reporting.

In MS, the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath, a protective layer that insulates nerve fibers.

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Soon, the two young men and other recruits find themselves on a bus bound for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, which Cam mistakenly pictures as a camping excursion.

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One of its common names, Jimson Weed, refers to Jamestown, where visiting British forces mistakenly ate the weed in a salad and spent 11 days in a stupefied delirium.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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