Sentence examples for was to be wrong from inspiring English sources

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How easily things went for the administration then, and how easy it was to be wrong.

We'd offer predictions on these and many other matters, only we remember words of caution from the late New York columnist Murray Kempton, who once said that his main virtue as a prognosticator was to be wrong 10 minutes ahead of everyone else.

IF memory serves -- and admittedly it sometimes behaves like an incompetent waiter, stumbling and spilling more than it serves -- the great Murray Kempton once said that his cardinal virtue as a political reporter and columnist was to be wrong 10 minutes ahead of the competition.

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Within 24 hours I was to be proved wrong.

What I'd love is to be proven wrong.

It is to be hoped that France is wrong.

And that's got to be wrong".

They were shown to be wrong.

The doubters were shown to be wrong.

They are likely to be wrong.

Scientists not only can be wrong but can be shown to be wrong very publicly.

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