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astray

adjective-adverb as in off the path or right direction

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Nearly 250 years later, as we continue to debate what the Founders intended, we may find at times that we’ve been led astray by legend, hornswoggled by hand-me-down history.

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While Atencio had once dreamed of being a journalist, his work as an animator had led him astray of a writer’s path.

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Allen’s approach is blunt and blistering: “I’m here for validation and I probably should explain/ How my marriage has been opened since my husband went astray.”

But the proliferation of food items advertised as high-protein, ranging from toaster pastries to tortilla chips, could lead consumers astray, Miserandino said.

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The effect of what sounded like ticking clocks going astray felt like an inviting dip in the lake.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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