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Add beef to Dutch oven and cook, undisturbed, until deeply browned on 2 sides, about 8 minutes.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025 -
In Getaria, the star ingredient, fish, is typically cooked on the grill outside the door of every restaurant.—
Michelle Arellano Martin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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Translate all documents given to detainees into Spanish and refrain from misrepresenting their contents.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Residents and local leaders have said that TCEQ misrepresented the nature of the intersection in a traffic study completed for the application.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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An earlier version misstated the firm’s name.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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The article misstated the size of Kaiser Permanente's new Parker offices.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2025
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The trio were indicted in May and accused of falsifying loan applications to get federal pandemic relief funds and money meant for Brown’s nonprofit that was spent on a lavish birthday party and Louis Vuitton items.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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Other reports of fraud and mismanagement The watchdog also found that a former CPS program manager repeatedly falsified federal grant applications over the course of a year by submitting fake enrollment data.—
Hope Moses,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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The health secretary also appeared to misspeak at the meeting, saying two people had died of the disease.—
DEVI SHASTRI AND AMANDA SEITZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Kennedy also seemed to misspeak in saying two people had died of measles.—
Amanda Seitz,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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Without it, the model can misinterpret complex visual cues.—
Joanna Goodrich,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Dec. 2025
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If the brain misinterprets signals from the body, or if those signals are faulty, the brain may send out commands that cause harm.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Dec. 2025
Verb
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This is why the contestants sound distorted when talking during the show.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Freedom from want mattered because deprivation distorts judgment.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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This could be because the natural activity of supermassive black holes and the emissions that come from the accretion disk around them can camouflage TDEs.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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When asked about this tactic, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said that the agency believes its employees are not camouflaging their identities.—
NPR,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Misdescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescribe. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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