wide of the mark

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Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have been linked but are considered unlikely to move under those conditions, while reports connecting Fernandez with PSG are understood to be wide of the mark.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

His dire forecasts about global cooling and warming were wide of the mark, a twofer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Pensions expert John Ralfe told the BBC that comparisons of this new fund with sovereign wealth funds in countries including Norway and the Gulf states were wide of the mark.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

But any suggestion this was a diminished spectacle, and one that should historically be marked with an asterisk as not a proper Test, is wide of the mark.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

And also because the vague suspicions — expectations, really — that I’d been forming all day, as Alice tried to transform me into a beauty queen, were so far wide of the mark.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer