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[mis-leed] / mɪsˈlid /


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Violetta Mailyan, 45, was convicted in May of nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstruction of an investigation of a healthcare offense, as she attempted to mislead federal agents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

How does he mislead, let us count the ways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

This case was "about whether corporations can mislead consumers about what happens to their personal information without facing meaningful consequences. New Mexico stood its ground," Torrez said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The technology might still eliminate jobs, manipulate or mislead users, or automate away forms of expression that used to be exclusively human.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

The man said, “Did I mislead you? Did I not tell you you’d be amazed? But, oh, ye of little faith, the story is not even half told!”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

One major reason is fraud, where one party intentionally misleads the other before the agreement is signed, causing the other party to enter the contract based on false information.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

The Council of Science Editors’ recommendations on publication ethics say ghost authorship is “ethically unacceptable” because it misleads readers about potential conflicts of interest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

"Attempting to classify foods as unhealthy simply because they are processed, or demonizing food by ignoring its full nutrient content, misleads consumers and exacerbates health disparities," Ms Gallo said in a statement.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

“Attempting to classify foods as unhealthy simply because they are processed, or demonizing food by ignoring its full nutrient content, misleads consumers and exacerbates health disparities,” Gallo said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025

The fact that consciousness frequently misleads men of energetic temperament who feel their energy, indicates its connection with a physical basis.

From The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality by George Gore

In the Meta case, Roy and her team had argued that the social media giant had intentionally designed its products to hook young children and repeatedly misled the public about known risks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

AI optimism also lifted shares of Facebook owner Meta even after a New Mexico judge ordered the company to pay $25 billion to the state after the social-media company was found to have misled users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Musk has only just settled the lawsuits from all the angry people who say they were misled.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

"The State Bar should investigate whether Ms. Zacharia has misled the public about her credentials," she added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Her- schel had been misled because of the copious amount of obscuring dust in the direction of Sagittarius; he had no way to know of the enormous numbers of stars beyond.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Berry’s legal team downplayed Martinez’s restraining order and allegations, telling The Times in a statement, “to say this filing is entirely meritless and deliberately misleading would be an understatement.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The service said it was aware of "misleading rumours" circulating online but said medics were called to Coity Road at about 12:44 BST and a response unit arrived seven minutes later.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Athene told the Journal the annuity performed exceptionally well and called the stock comparison misleading.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The European Commission said on Monday that it provisionally found that the group provided what it said was incorrect or misleading information linked to the terms of existing long-term wholesale access agreements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Agriculture Department brushed away all evidence of damage as exaggerated and misleading.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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