misquoted
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His opinion repeatedly misquoted key pieces of evidence to accuse officials of saying things that they did not.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2025
He later denied the report, saying the network misquoted him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” John F. Kennedy warned as he misquoted Edmund Burke.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2024
His claim was debunked by several fact-checkers who said he had misquoted the former prime minister.
From BBC ● May 7, 2024
Assuming that Snyder misspoke or was misquoted and meant to say that one homeless person died every forty-five seconds, that’s still 701,000 dead homeless people every year—roughly one-third of all deaths in the United States.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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