astray
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He left 15 years ago and has spent much of the time since cataloging how he thought the institution was going astray.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Not to go all Charlie Brown here – and yes, a Peanuts-themed fireplace exists on the Interwebs – but might we introspect about these commercialist and consumerist bells and whistles leading us astray?
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
The effect of what sounded like ticking clocks going astray felt like an inviting dip in the lake.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
But historian, writer, and quasi-optimist Jill Lepore has thoughts about where the American constitutional experiment went astray and what might be deployed in order to save it.
From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025
And when we try to draw conclusions from the facts we often go astray because we have misunderstood their significance.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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