mislead

"If fabricated studies make their way into the evidence base, they can mislead real scientists and ultimately slow progress for patients. That's why it's vital we get ahead of this problem."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

“I mean, it rents fine—I don’t want to mislead you. But it certainly could have been better if we had a bigger great room.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

An external review found multiple failings, with Ockenden saying the case was "compounded by a systemic cover-up and investigations designed to mislead".

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Journalists are expected to avoid publishing diagnoses without confirmation and to avoid speculation that could mislead audiences.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

Psycholinguists call these local ambiguities “garden paths,” from the expression “to lead someone up the garden path,” that is, to mislead him.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Ofcom's proposed measures are targeting content which advertises products or services in a way that misleads or tricks viewers.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Aronowitz has called the increased litigation a “con game” that misleads judges, argued that such cases should go before a specialized court and labeled the whole enterprise a “scam.”

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

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 Times report misleads readers about Supreme Court procedure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

A misuse of terms, Mr. President, sometimes misleads very clever minds.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

He told the court he had been misled by police.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Sturgeon has said she is innocent of any wrongdoing and that she was "deceived, misled and betrayed" by Murrell.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

"It is a stain on our history. Mothers, many young, vulnerable and without support were coerced, bullied or misled into feeling that they had no choice but to have their children taken away from them."

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Ghaffar sued Paulson, claiming he had been misled into investing $17 million in a Puerto Rican company that owns luxury car dealerships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

“Mr. Arobin,” she complained, “I’m greatly upset by the excitement of the afternoon; I’m not myself. My manner must have misled you in some way. I wish you to go, please.”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Because BMI counts muscle as part of total weight, it can create misleading associations.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

It is misleading to describe this group as simply studying abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Gen. Xavier Becerra, now a candidate for governor, in 2017 over a state-drafted title and summary which they argued was misleading and negative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Anderson described the company's messaging as "misleading" and "greenwashing".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

It was his familiarity with atomism which made it possible for Bacon, exceptionally and presciently, to dismiss human sensory organs as inherently defective and often misleading.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton