as in to misinterpret
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Grok, xAI's flagship model, has also repeatedly misinterpreted news stories and made up falsehoods in the past.—
Jibin Joseph,
PCMAG,
7 Jan. 2025 -
Kirby Smart complained about the call afterward but seemed to misinterpret what being set over the ball meant.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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The company will also be banned from misrepresenting loot box odds, prices, and features, and will need to allow users to buy them with money instead of in-game virtual currency.—
Will McCurdy,
PCMAG,
18 Jan. 2025
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Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Correction: Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of this story misstated the name of the hospital where Lindsay Clancy is being treated.—
John R. Ellement,
BostonGlobe.com,
1 May 2023
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An earlier version of this article misstated Emily Busch’s position.—
Chuck Todd,
NBC News,
18 Apr. 2023
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The movie, named after a popular 1950s song, evoked and distorted the midcentury suburban fantasy.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Trump, who pulled out of his own planned interview with CBS, had alleged CBS had distorted the interview to aid Harris.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
16 Jan. 2025
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These leaders don’t merely lie or misspeak or make light of life and death.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2024
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Walz was criticized following the Oct. 1 debate for flubbing an answer about allegedly misspeaking about being in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
21 Oct. 2024
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Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN,
12 Jan. 2025
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The norm-smashing case saw the former and incoming president charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, put on trial for almost two months and convicted by a jury on every count.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ AND MICHELLE L. PRICE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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Those calls were sparked by the president’s poor debate performance against Trump on June 27, where Biden often garbled his words and lost his train of thought.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
12 July 2024
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The idea may be, to garble Anna Karenina in a botlike way, that all plagiarisms are alike — but that obfuscates the idiosyncrasies of art and, indeed, of technology.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2024
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Christine cooks on Sundays with her own menu that’s only 220 euros (about $227) a head.—
Camille Knight,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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The rind will soften and impart its flavor as the dish slowly cooks.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Mistranslate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistranslate. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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