misdirect
Example Sentences
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It is kind of like the ultimate misdirect, you know what I mean?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025
We can’t afford to let the banks misdirect us again.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2024
“Baylor’s focus of media attention on football tried to misdirect attention from institutional failures of the Baylor administration. Our clients would have none of that,” Dunn said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
As in all the best heist flicks, Goldhaber makes sure to misdirect the audience with some choice red herrings and cliffhangers, nearly all of which end with a genuine surprise.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023
If that was so, then I was partly to blame, for I had distracted the cannoneer and caused him to misdirect the shot.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
