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astray

[uh-strey] / əˈstreɪ /


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As befits a campaign that has gone badly astray, injuries have played a key part.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

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

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

As app users become even more desperate for human connection and worse at identifying what’s written by bots, they’ll be pulled toward profiles that are overtly unconventional to avoid being led astray.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2026

These photos were her map, and Joaquin knew then that he was rudderless, that he would only lead her astray.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway




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