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wrong

[rawng, rong] / rɔŋ, rɒŋ /










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Addressing Willetts, she said: "You deliberately made a decision to ignore the rules of the road," adding that he had carried out "a highly dangerous manoeuvre" by riding the wrong way around the roundabout.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

This report was wrong, and within minutes, NPR retracted the story.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026

Do anything similar in most European countries and they’ll think something is wrong with you.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

And if this U.S. team has proven anything, it’s proven that it loves nothing more than embracing opportunities to prove people wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

“My mom took our whole family to the Holocaust Museum in Houston. After that we had planned to go to lunch, but it just seemed wrong to experience that and then go have fries.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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