as in to misinterpret
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Chapman, in particular, noted people may have misinterpreted what Vitello said.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026 -
Justice Department lawyers argued that Boasberg set too high a standard for prosecutors to meet at the early stages of an investigation and misinterpreted the timeline of the probe.—
Andrew Goudsward,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Noem was removed from her position following demonstrable failures in her management of the Department of Homeland Security, including misrepresenting a $220 million advertising campaign to Congress and inadequate emergency response coordination.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps that’s why the president ignored, and later misrepresented, what his advisers told him.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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An earlier version misstated the name of the organization.—
Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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An earlier version of this story misstated Dubai’s hotel occupancy rate in March in the fourth paragraph.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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For Wagner specifically, time feels distorted.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
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Obadia sees the Optimus question as evidence of how the racial framing itself distorts perception.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2026
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However, today, the bigger risk is not misspeaking.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
12 Feb. 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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In December, Laura sought additional treatment at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, continuing to falsify information about her son’s condition while requesting surgery to insert a gastrojejunostomy tube, authorities allege.—
Maya Rosenberg,
NBC news,
5 Apr. 2026
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According to the arrest warrant affidavit prepared by Sheriff’s Office Detective Michael Weber, Laura is accused of falsifying her child’s medical history in order to get unnecessary treatments at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth and Children’s Medical Center Dallas.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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In announcing them, Trump grew so loud that the audio feed spiked in a way that left his words garbled.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
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The Limits of Expansion Since mathematicians began studying expander graphs in the 1960s, they’ve been used to model the brain (opens a new tab), perform statistical analyses, and build error-correcting codes — encrypted messages that can be read even if they get garbled in transmission.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Chicken is beloved for being nutrient-packed, easy to cook, and an excellent source of lean protein.—
Phoebe Evans,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
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Continue rolling and cooking the tortillas in batches, making sure to return the oil to 350 degrees between batches.—
Carole Kotkin,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Mistranslate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistranslate. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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