wrongly

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The DFW Support Committee, a group supporting the protesters, said the defendants were wrongly being “thrown away for the rest of their lives.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 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

Three men – Michael O'Brien, Darren Hall and Ellis Sherwood - known as the Cardiff Newsagent Three, were wrongly convicted and jailed before being cleared in 1999.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Thomas Partey will miss Ghana's World Cup opener against Panama after wrongly telling officials in Canada he had never been arrested or charged with a crime.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Several dozen innocent people who had been wrongly condemned to death row had been freed before him.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson