astray
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Defector Brooks Koepka skulked back to the PGA Tour, accepting penalties for going astray.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Then again, those New Year’s Eve revelers may have had their powers of basic detection and deductive reasoning sharpened by being led astray by AI slop.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026
They likely are wasting their time: the data these early birds obtain don’t provide an advantage — and may actually lead them astray.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025
"He was one of the most powerful men in the most powerful country on earth and there was no way he'd lead me astray or lead me to do anything illegal, or so I thought."
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
One of Morgan Liddle’s mules had gone astray, but he seemed to think the Flints had stolen him.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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