misleading
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The November 2024 indictment in New York accused the industrialist and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading international investors as part of a vast bribery scheme.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
A promotion for the fourteenth product, Nature's Gift Dog Food, was not misleading because it did not include a "was" price on the ticket, O'Bryan ruled.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
This is why the current debate about “onshoring” can be dangerously misleading.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Kilcher accuses Cameron of “creating a misleading narrative that she was simply unavailable” to appear in the original “Avatar” film and of leading her on with the idea of potentially appearing in later “Avatar” movies.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
But that neat triangle—already more of a rectangle— is completely misleading.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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