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To dismiss that language as frivolous, Shah argues, is to misunderstand what it is doing.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

We also discovered—without too much surprise—that he often seems to fundamentally misunderstand the works he treasures most deeply.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

What do audiences underestimate or misunderstand about what it takes to make a comedy?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

And if AI agents are not kept on course by a human, they could misunderstand an instruction and wander down an errant processing path, resulting in a business paying for wasted computing power.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

“You did well, Perseus. Do not misunderstand me. Whatever else you do, know that you are mine. You are a true son of the Sea God.”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

For Barton, the red card illustrates something he believes the public still misunderstands: VAR does not eliminate the need for the referee to interpret the rules.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Cameron Berg misunderstands the Catholic Church’s contribution to humanity’s self-understanding in his op-ed “Will the Pope Owe an Apology to AI?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

De Zylva argues this misunderstands the point: "The purpose of the green belt isn't to be green per se, it is to be a buffer to prevent sprawl."

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

"This case misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site," Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

The evidence is clear: not only does della Porta echo Garzoni’s words, but he misunderstands some of the experiments he claims to have performed, and so misreports them.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Mere days after taking to the media to insist that he is a misunderstood film buff who just wants to save Hollywood, he threatened to help destroy it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The man who once said he would like to be “the King of Football” has often conducted himself as the organization’s sole executive, believing that any opponents simply misunderstood his purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

But I do think many have collectively misunderstood his apparent message of regret.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

Derived from basketball and developed by teenagers in late-Victorian England, netball is sport's great misunderstood "girly game".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

I have no fear about the outcome of our struggle in Birmingham, even if our motives are at present misunderstood.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Or did Walker turn a misunderstanding at the gate into a viral story?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“From that point of view, it becomes a more serious story, and it goes beyond misunderstanding to something more worrying.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

To some, it may feel like Araki is flattening complex social mores and misunderstanding the anxieties behind this era of semi-celibacy.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

A pair of diners who left a restaurant without paying a £115 bill - which included a £52 Dover sole - have said it was a "misunderstanding", its owner has said.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

In my dream their deaths had been a mistake, a misunderstanding, a new play they had been rehearsing.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss