prove wrong
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If lofty profit predictions prove wrong, share prices may tumble and investment could slow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
As with all political campaigns, some decisions will be correct and others will prove wrong.
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2024
He said, ‘I’m going to be involved with all your workouts from now on, and we got a lot of people to prove wrong.’
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 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
And, inversely, nothing seems easier to me than to invent fables to prove wrong morals: e.g.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel