How to Use go wrong in a Sentence

go wrong

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  • There were many ways the learning process could go wrong.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Seafood lovers can't go wrong with the crab and shrimp mac and cheese from the Lobster Food Truck.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2023
  • So there are a number of things that could go wrong. ...
    Albinson Linares, NBC news, 7 May 2025
  • When a board gets that wrong, a lot of other things go wrong.
    Doug Sundheim, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • But there are so many ways what happens on the ground could go wrong.
    Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Small things can go wrong, and the support is far from perfect.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Pink Chrome Tips Can’t ever go wrong with a French mani.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But everything that could go wrong for the Dodgers just about did.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
  • So many things can go wrong, and there was a lot of dialogue.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2025
  • There's a lot of heavy lifting in Australia when things go wrong.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • That's a tricky thing to do, that stuff can go wrong really fast.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Have a good checklist every day of why did things go wrong.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Scott: So gimme a few examples of how this could all go wrong.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 26 May 2023
  • What could go wrong with a prime-time home game in December?
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
  • Talk about the struggles, and explore what can (and sometimes does) go wrong.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Things can go wrong because the fund still has borrowed 10 million yen and has to pay it back.
    Bob Pisani, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Even with good intentions, things can go wrong if there aren’t clear rules in place.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • But things can go wrong, too — from missing the boat to picking up a bug to breaking your foot at a port of call.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 1 June 2025
  • If something does go wrong, there’s a whole chorus eager to shame and blame.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
  • And if this look is a bit too Auric Goldfinger for you, no one could go wrong with the stylish $6,500 steel version.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025
  • However, there are some brands that are hard to go wrong with -- Kendra Scott being one of those.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Later, things go wrong when Barbie's heeled feet are, well, no longer heeled.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • In his coverage of the submersible, Pogue explored how things could — and did — go wrong.
    Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 22 June 2023
  • The lesson of 1994 is not simply that interest rate bets can go wrong.
    Jodi Balma, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The one thing that could go wrong did go wrong.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Stylists also have to get creative when things go wrong — and to make sure the cameras don’t capture a bad moment for eternity.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Everything that could go wrong went wrong in the first 20 minutes.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And make no mistake — things will go wrong.
    Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Everything that could go wrong was there.
    Kate Wells, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But even remote assistance can go wrong.
    Missy Cummings, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Mar. 2026

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