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Although, as is the case with too much of Nolan’s storytelling, he wrongly thinks it’s more interesting to withhold Odysseus’ traumatic hang-up until the ending.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The ruling comes months after the country’s highest court said that a lower appeals court had wrongly concluded that the family’s namesake Bollore holding company exercised de facto control over Vivendi.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Investors may be wrongly pricing in a cut to Carnival’s full-year yield guidance, Stifel Research analyst Steven Wieczynski said.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Three men – Michael O'Brien, Darren Hall and Ellis Sherwood - known as the Cardiff Newsagent Three, were wrongly convicted and jailed before being cleared in 1999.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

And Wang Lung answered proudly, “My sons are both good scholars and they can each tell when a letter is wrongly written, and whether the wood or the water radical is right.”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck




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