misapprehend
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Americans, who usually think the world revolves around economics, consistently misapprehend how revolutionaries embrace tumult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
So many coaches misapprehend the nature of real authority.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2021
Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
“Arguments that it isn’t possible to live without meat—implicitly, because of the role that meat played in human evolution—dramatically misapprehend the relationship between biology and destiny,” Berson writes.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2019
I think you something misapprehend the matter," said Malpas, with a malignant affectation of patience, "or have forgot that I said you were to be detained here.
From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur F. Wallis
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