wrong number
Example Sentences
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Suddenly, machines on the East Coast that tried to process trillions of requests were getting the internet’s equivalent of a wrong number.
On 9 October 2024, Mr McCann answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "a wrong number".
From BBC
“I may have put down the wrong number in that particular instance on accident,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
The 2020 fake electors plot failed in part because Rudy Giuliani texted the wrong number, according to the recent court filing by special counsel Jack Smith, The Guardian reported.
From Salon
According to the special counsel, however, that message — intended for a Republican lawmaker in Michigan — was sent to an undisclosed but definitely wrong number.
From Salon
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