wrong
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A combination of factors, including manufacturing delays, management turnover and betting on the wrong chips left the company underperforming expectations, but none of them raised concerns of imminent collapse.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Still, a bus arrived within 10 minutes, and despite initially driving to the wrong drop-off spot, the driver quickly course-corrected and got us back on track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
It’s a pattern pointing to the growing role of government in the management of the economy, and the 2007-09 recession is the wrong precedent for understanding it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Ofsted say in such homes there are no guaranteed checks on staff or living conditions and there is no accountability when things go wrong.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
I buttoned my sweater all wrong in my haste and stuffed my feet into my shoes without bothering to tie them.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“That is not how a justice system is supposed to work. Our country needs more brave leaders like David Huerta to stand up for the wrongs they see around them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Smith quit the ASA around the same time, demoralized by what he saw as a lack of self-awareness among his colleagues, whose work focused on the world’s wrongs while failing to recognize their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Bryant said he hoped the work would help "right some wrongs" that affected not just eel numbers but also salmon and trout in rivers.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But Ryerse, 51, and others in the Democratic Christian pushback say they are ready to right wrongs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
It was these wrongs which Agravaine’s colder blood could recognize as far too distant and confused to serve as weapons against the King.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Peter Moody's daughter Joanne Moody, 48, who is expected to join other families wronged by Bush in the court's public gallery, said: "It's broke me, it's crucified me. He has shown no remorse. No sympathy."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
But I’ve no doubt that, like me, many people found comfort in the story’s resolute belief in humankind’s capacity for grace even after someone has greatly wronged us.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
What I’ve found is that no one is right, and everyone feels wronged no matter what.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
His organization has no investigators on staff and he said there is little incentive to cooperate for parents, students or even wronged coaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Originally Burnham wanted Adler & Sullivan to design the fair’s Music Hall, but partly out of a continued sense of having been wronged by Burnham, the partners had turned the project down.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Examples of alleged wronging by the district include:
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Qatar, shielded from the economic impact by its $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, denied wronging its neighbours and held out until the dispute was resolved this January.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2021
This may be one reason your roommates could tell themselves that they weren’t wronging you.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
He has denied wronging, and the trial is scheduled to start in May.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
But he knowing their errand told them it was not they who were wronging him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
