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wrongly identified



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There are also unverified posts claiming to be close-ups of the boys' faces, raising the risk of other children being wrongly identified.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The names of the wrongly identified men were shared in posts alongside calls to arrest them.

From Slate Jan. 28, 2026

Elsewhere, a commercial plane flying over Moscow - a Cessna 172 - has been wrongly identified as a drone on the Telegram social messaging platform, popular in Russia.

From BBC May 30, 2023

Determined to be his “own best advocate,” he set out to prove he was wrongly identified by problematic witnesses.

From New York Times May 7, 2022

This Pieran is wrongly identified by Skene8 with our saint; a single glance at the abstract of the Life of St. Pieran given by Sir T.D.

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by R.A. Stewart MacAlister




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