misapprehend
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Americans, who usually think the world revolves around economics, consistently misapprehend how revolutionaries embrace tumult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
When Kavanaugh briefly touched on history, it was only to make a comment that seemed to misapprehend its significance here.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025
So many coaches misapprehend the nature of real authority.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2021
They misapprehend the war by looking back only a few decades.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2012
I own I, one day, did go so close to the wind, on that subject, that the old man started up and said, 'I hope I misapprehend you, Harry Fowndes.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
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