on the wrong track
Example Sentences
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However, the survey also shows that 68 percent of Hispanic voters and 58 percent of Black voters believe the city is "on the wrong track."
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
He thought Ricardo had taken the science of political economy off on the wrong track and was going to damage the standing of all science and all people of expertise.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2025
After first practice at the first race of the season in Bahrain, Hamilton said that the team were "on the wrong track".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023
Forty-three percent of residents said the state was on the wrong track, an 11 percentage point jump from February 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Not that I really deserved any, because there was only one thing I did that remotely suggested that I was on the wrong track.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
