wrong
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Or rather, I was wrong about what the network can be useful for.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
“I would much rather have a sincere person telling me what’s wrong than a robot, so from that aspect, I don’t think AI can really take over,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
This story reeks of sub-Le Carré spycraft gone wrong and the use of the courts to hush it up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has ordered an independent investigation into what went wrong at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville and suspended all executions for the rest of the year.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“I didn’t call them, and we haven’t done anything wrong — or is there something you need to tell me?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"I plead for mercy for the wrongs committed by my son. Please forgive him and send him back to us."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Newsom said in his veto message Wednesday that his administration has worked to address wrongs committed against tribes and has prioritized respectful “government-to-government dialogue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
But Ryerse, 51, and others in the Democratic Christian pushback say they are ready to right wrongs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Time will tell whether this proves to be helpful for the vindication of wrongs from years ago and creation of stable relations in years to come.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
“As a nation, we owe her gratitude for showing that talent and dignity can prevail and wrongs can be corrected.”
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
But it’s Bracco who keeps the movie honest, making the wronged wife more than a stock character and giving the affair consequences the movie can’t romanticize away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Peter Moody's daughter Joanne Moody, 48, who is expected to join other families wronged by Bush in the court's public gallery, said: "It's broke me, it's crucified me. He has shown no remorse. No sympathy."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
But I’ve no doubt that, like me, many people found comfort in the story’s resolute belief in humankind’s capacity for grace even after someone has greatly wronged us.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
If we choose to collapse into a monolithic, uncritical chorus whenever a wronged woman writes a memoir, we are trading our real potency for the cheap satisfaction of rah-rah-go-us groupthink.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
This I know: that if ever there was a woman who was all perfection, that one is my poor wronged darling.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Examples of alleged wronging by the district include:
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
So let me be clear: You’re certainly entitled to expose her and wouldn’t be wronging her if you did.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
He has denied wronging, and the trial is scheduled to start in May.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
He had already admitted to wronging his family, but, Lowell pointed out, that wasn’t what he was on trial for.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2017
But he knowing their errand told them it was not they who were wronging him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
