wrong way

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Dissension among the board grew, and Neugebauer’s charismatic, but at-times abrasive, style rubbed some the wrong way, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

When asked about the background extras displaced by AI crowd generation, Erwin said that’s the wrong way to think about it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

That is the wrong way to look at it.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Despite how much the film’s script emphasizes the importance of education, the narrative itself portrays only a right way and wrong way to react.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Then there'd be no one to tell me what to do—or how to think about things when I was going along thinking the wrong way.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English