wrongly

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Rebecca Slaughter filed the lawsuit against the president and other executive branch officials, arguing she was wrongly fired as a member of the Federal Trade Commission in March 2025.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

Investors may be wrongly pricing in a cut to Carnival’s full-year yield guidance, Stifel Research analyst Steven Wieczynski said.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

A man who was wrongly convicted of murder and spent 11 years in prison says finding the real killer would "mean the world" after police announced they were reviewing evidence nearly 40 years later.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

The companies said they didn’t have military links and were wrongly included on the list.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The evidence confirmed his innocence and Mr. Hinton became the 152nd person in America exonerated and proved innocent after having been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson