wrongly named
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The school district's attorney, Timothy Mullins, filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Tuesday, citing a plaintiff whom he alleges Fieger wrongly named in the complaint.
From Fox News • Dec. 14, 2021
In many ways, the 1918-19 flu — which was wrongly named Spanish flu because it first received widespread news coverage in Spain — was worse.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021
Greer cited the response to the Boston marathon bombing on Reddit, when a Find Boston Bombers subreddit wrongly named several individuals as suspects.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2021
It said one of its members, former councillor Chris Flood, had been wrongly named in a report in The Times as having signed up.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2015
Is it possible that there are so many things in the world that have been wrongly named?
From St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various
