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Novo Nordisk filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, accusing it of using outdated studies to mislead consumers about the comparative weight-loss effectiveness of its GLP-1 drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound against Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

"If fabricated studies make their way into the evidence base, they can mislead real scientists and ultimately slow progress for patients. That's why it's vital we get ahead of this problem."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

“I mean, it rents fine—I don’t want to mislead you. But it certainly could have been better if we had a bigger great room.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Journalists are expected to avoid publishing diagnoses without confirmation and to avoid speculation that could mislead audiences.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

They have purposely put this stuff here to mislead anyone who might come looking.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

One major reason is fraud, where one party intentionally misleads the other before the agreement is signed, causing the other party to enter the contract based on false information.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

The Council of Science Editors’ recommendations on publication ethics say ghost authorship is “ethically unacceptable” because it misleads readers about potential conflicts of interest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

"Attempting to classify foods as unhealthy simply because they are processed, or demonizing food by ignoring its full nutrient content, misleads consumers and exacerbates health disparities," Ms Gallo said in a statement.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

“Attempting to classify foods as unhealthy simply because they are processed, or demonizing food by ignoring its full nutrient content, misleads consumers and exacerbates health disparities,” Gallo said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025

These beauties only make them more dangerous; the goodness of their execution misleads the unfortunate victims of their fascination.

From Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress by Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia

Prosecutors had alleged that Deepak Jain, chief executive of AiNET, misled the SEC into awarding him $10.7 million for providing it with the use of his firm’s data center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

"Recent reports indicate that the number of Batswana being misled into such arrangements is rising at an alarming rate," the international relations ministry said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Sturgeon has said she is innocent of any wrongdoing and that she was "deceived, misled and betrayed" by Murrell.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

The 880,000 motorists claimed they had been misled about emissions tests.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

“How long you think it take if someone tells you you can’t vote before it spreads?” asked one man who was misled.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Gen. Xavier Becerra, now a candidate for governor, in 2017 over a state-drafted title and summary which they argued was misleading and negative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

What’s more, Solyndra was credibly accused of misleading the government about its finances in order to secure backing, leading to the company being raided by the FBI.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

“This ad is especially misleading because there is no head-to-head clinical trial comparing the highest doses of these two medicines,” Novo Nordisk said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

But absent a theoretical reason to focus only on a subset of all-available data, such a focus will almost certainly be misleading.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

The Agriculture Department brushed away all evidence of damage as exaggerated and misleading.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson