Example Sentences

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Allies who share intelligence with Israel said security agencies were misreading reality.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023

Blinken, however, said critics were misreading the situation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2021

Haenle, however, said the advisers’ article suggested the Chinese were misreading Trump’s willingness to retreat.

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2016

He said he believed the lawmakers were misreading the public mood.

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 13, 2011

A lawyer for Mr. Rattner suggested in an interview on Tuesday that Mr. Cuomo’s investigators were misreading the e-mails.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2010