in the wrong
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"I was really nervous I would raise my child in the wrong way, and I was thinking about parenting almost in opposition of how I was raised."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Maybe, but with the AI boom soaking up a disproportionate share of investment and bond-market jitters worldwide, longer-term interest rates and residential construction are headed in the wrong direction for now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Start a QCD on Dec. 28 and you may learn in February that it landed in the wrong tax year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Their performance Friday sent them in the wrong direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
“I’m sorry,” she says, “I must be in the wrong room. I’m looking for a group of girls who sit in awkward silence and don’t talk to each other.”
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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