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mistakes
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Younger Recently divorced and adjusting to life as an empty nester, fortysomething Liza Miller (Sutton Foster) gains a boost of confidence once a 26-year-old tattoo artist mistakes her for someone his age.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025 -
The scene in which Junshik mistakes his family members for lucky strangers would work beautifully in a movie.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Miscalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscalls. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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