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Recent Examples of misdirection
Tied at 16 late in the fourth quarter, the game was still in doubt until an inspired bit of misdirection just before the two-minute warning gave Baltimore its first lead since the first quarter.
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Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Every joke relies on some level of misdirection, but the payoff is usually immediate.
—John Roy, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
Sophomore wide receiver Cam Bates scored on a 35-yard end-around run in the first quarter, with the misdirection fooling the defense.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2025
The journey, first to Paris and then through Switzerland and Milan and onwards to Venice, was for the most part pleasant, being blessedly free of many of the wearisome and often infuriating hindrances and misdirections that rail travel usually entails.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
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Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Every joke relies on some level of misdirection, but the payoff is usually immediate.
—John Roy, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
Sophomore wide receiver Cam Bates scored on a 35-yard end-around run in the first quarter, with the misdirection fooling the defense.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2025
The journey, first to Paris and then through Switzerland and Milan and onwards to Venice, was for the most part pleasant, being blessedly free of many of the wearisome and often infuriating hindrances and misdirections that rail travel usually entails.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdirection
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Altadena awaits the official cause of the Eaton fire, but survivors and plaintiff attorneys in hundreds of lawsuits point to the public utility Southern California Edison as being at fault for its equipment and mismanagement sparking the blaze in the foothills above the town.—
David Wilson,
Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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More than a century of overfishing, industrialization, and hatchery mismanagement has brought several populations of salmon and their close relative the steelhead to critically low levels in the Pacific Northwest.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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The mishandling of his status and the confusion about his availability led the NFL to investigate the matter, which has now led to a massive fine for the Ravens organization.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The basis for the recent raid involved information gathered overseas by the CIA that pointed to the possible mishandling of national security information, the New York Times reported.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Oct. 2025
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This doesn’t mean that day-care fraud has not taken place in Minneapolis—there’s a years-long history of such malfeasance, and both state and federal law enforcement have convicted dozens of offenders, as Kash Patel subsequently pointed out.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2026
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In the past year, some out-of-power former officials and their allies have been implying the 2024 audit is so severely late because of incompetence or malfeasance.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
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Current law already requires PAs to have malpractice liability insurance.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The prosecution has accused Khan of keeping the Bulgari set and 107 other state gifts through similar malpractices.—
Rafia Zakaria,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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How prevalence is determined Clinicians diagnose ADHD based on symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity.—
Carol Mathews,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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Among the inattention indicators the system tracks are head nodding or tilting, yawning, change in eye blink rate, long eyelid closures (indicating something called microsleeps), and gaze drifting from the road for extended periods (what happens when people text and drive).—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Sep. 2025
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Despite their ongoing reliance on the United States in the short term, these allies will seek to protect themselves against American irresponsibility going forward.—
Robert E. Kelly,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Dec. 2025
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That's the – that’s the irresponsibility that has completely devastated our country, Kristen.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
30 Nov. 2025
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Its investigative arm reviews officer misconduct complaints, and is expected to one day replace the police department’s internal affairs division.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The panel assessed the LAPD’s handling of discipline, misconduct complaints, excessive force by officers and other issues.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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But some degree of forgetfulness is a normal part of life.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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According to her, his reaction wasn’t just forgetfulness but entitlement.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Misdirection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdirection. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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