wrong way
Example Sentences
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Daniel Sotiroff, Morningstar’s associate director of ETF and passive-strategies research, said that leveraged ETFs may entice individual investors to gamble and that they’ll end up with big losses if their bets go the wrong way.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
But the plans have rubbed some the wrong way.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
When Baker's first wicket-taking over was complete, perhaps with the emotion bubbling, he initially headed the wrong way, turning for deep third rather than his fielding position of long leg.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
What we discovered through research is that we kind of go about it the wrong way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Two shortbread crumbs went down the wrong way.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
