misquotes
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On March 16, 2021, the paper corrected a couple of misquotes that it had printed.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022
Speaking elegantly, he quotes — and misquotes — poets, scientists and former leaders, weaving fragments of history into his long monologues that lay out a dark and at times contradictory worldview.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021
Listed between celebrity misquotes and political mishaps was a trend for an oversized cat along with an orangutan who got free from a zoo and wreaked havoc.
From The Verge • Jan. 30, 2019
It includes misquotes of Muslim figures of authority and elisions of fact that portray the Muslim community as dogmatic and unknowable.
From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2018
To lend poignancy to this mild epigram Mr. Hueffer misquotes it, substituting the name of De Maupassant for Turgenev's.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
