misled

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Misled by the university, which also withheld key documents, the local coroner had ruled that Agu's death was from a generic cardiac episode.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022

Parloff wrote a lengthy essay published by Fortune in 2015: “How Theranos Misled Me.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2021

Misled by the naive optimism and “You go, girl!” boosterism of their upbringing, young women do not see the animal eyes glowing at them in the dark.

From Time • Sep. 29, 2014

"Suddenly Ghana was much richer than we thought it was," explains Morten Jerven, author of Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2013

Misled peasants, in pretended obedience to your orders, had assembled at the command of a commissioner appointed by your august nephew.

From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John