lead astray
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Is he a once-legitimate conservative journalist lead astray by the sensational nature of TV punditry?
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2019
Hence the Erinnyes reply to the strange notions of Apollo: Thou didst lead astray Those primal goddesses with draughts of wine, O'erturning ordinance.
From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel
Light may be undervalued, neglected, despised; but it can never lead astray.
From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886. by Various
In passing through this vale of tears, That various scenes display; Ambition oft her standard rears, And mortals lead astray.
From An Elogy to the Memory of the late Wm. Palgrave, Esq. with Other Pieces by Parkerson, James
If it were possible, he would lead astray the elect.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon