wrong
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Following his 10 years away from Parliament, Burnham said he was returning with a "clear diagnosis" of what had gone wrong in the country.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
For Kedrosky, then, the behavioral aspects of manias and bubbles don’t change: Investors chase things at the wrong time and then panic.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
As it happened, Rogoff and Reinhart were wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
For 200 years, U.S. leaders have never proved him wrong.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
When it was over, I felt like someone had disassembled me and put my pieces back together in the wrong order.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
In her documentary debut, director Poh Si Teng makes no attempt to explain the rights or wrongs of the conflict itself, focusing instead on the work in Gaza of three American doctors from different backgrounds.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 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
Time will tell whether this proves to be helpful for the vindication of wrongs from years ago and creation of stable relations in years to come.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
You will have your own views on the rights and wrongs of a grown man being out past the time his employers said he should have been in bed.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Each week we could forget past wrongs done to us.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
They ensured families were given priority to see the man who wronged their loved ones face justice.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
He’s deeply remorseful about how he wronged family, friends and colleagues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Archie is large with power, with age, with this conviction that I have wronged him.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
Examples of alleged wronging by the district include:
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
He was wronging a particular person, who has a right to decide whether she wants to continue a relationship with someone who’s betraying her.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
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
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
