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[rawng, rong] / rɔŋ, rɒŋ /










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He pressed every wrong button at every opportunity.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Or as Sudeikis’ character once put it, “doing the right thing is never the wrong thing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

He went on to right that wrong by seeing Bowie live 49 times before his death in January 2016.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Traders in leveraged ETFs can quickly find themselves deep in a hole that’s difficult to climb out from when their bets go the wrong way.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

I was so focused on my headache that I’m just now noticing other things that are wrong with me.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Charles, who is head of state of both the U.K. and 14 other countries including Jamaica, has spent years saying he wanted to address historic wrongs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Ahead of a meeting with Charles during that leg, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali told ITV News that recognising historical wrongs was just a "first step".

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

It’s that today’s audiences have zero stomach for happy endings about horrible wrongs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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

She had satisfied them for now, but ghosts always returned until their wrongs had been righted.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

But it’s Bracco who keeps the movie honest, making the wronged wife more than a stock character and giving the affair consequences the movie can’t romanticize away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

Judges and lay juries decide cases—whether this company wronged this plaintiff, on the record and before the court.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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

“I finally experienced it. I saw some of the people that I had wronged when I was growing up, and disrespected. And all their faces came in front of me.”

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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

He has denied wronging, and the trial is scheduled to start in May.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2020

McDonald said there is no evidence that the sheriff knew about the items kept in Armendariz’s house and that any wronging by the officer shouldn’t be pinned on Arpaio.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 8, 2015

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


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