prove wrong
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If those assumptions about technology and demand prove wrong, these deals to clinch future capacity could become a monstrous burden for the tech companies and their investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
As with all political campaigns, some decisions will be correct and others will prove wrong.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2024
Regional authorities in northeast Catalonia said this week that Barcelona and a wide surrounding area that’s home to around 6 million people could enter a drought “emergency” by September unless forecasts prove wrong.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
They were still fearful, her mother said, but they also wanted to prove wrong those in the village who had predicted that Formin would fail.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2018
“And—and you—you loved her?” she asked with a hesitancy which might mean that she was in doubt whether to ask the question, or perhaps that she rather hoped her surmise would prove wrong.
From Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford
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