misled

Example Sentences

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They also misled investors, charged undisclosed fees and arbitrarily inflated prices charged to investors in StraightPath funds, according to the Justice Department.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“My question was: Have you misled people with whom you do business?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The plaintiffs in the California suit claim they were misled by deceptive labeling when purchasing the product more than a dozen times in California stores.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

"These rumours…have seriously misled the public and interfered with the investigation of the accident," Wu Shijie, a CAA official, told a press conference in April 2022.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

I was misled partly by the analogy with the surface of the earth.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking