wrong way
Example Sentences
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Mastro’s hard-charging legal style has rubbed others in New York politics the wrong way, including the City Council, which helped stymie his bid to become the city’s top lawyer during the Adams administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
And even if they were, picking a fight with one of our closest allies—geographically as well as geopolitically—seems like the wrong way to go about addressing it.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, died when a car driving the wrong way struck a Cleveland Police vehicle at 03:39 BST on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Like I said to the previous letter writer, there’s no right or wrong way to go about that.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“No wonder she was ill, the child was the wrong way round and she had to have an operation which entailed turning the child with forceps.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
