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In Tain she pricked the wrong person - a man called John Hay.
BBC: The woman who became a witch-pricker
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The wrong person in the job.
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Now, these are payments sent by the government to the wrong person, or for the wrong reasons, or in the wrong amount.
WHITEHOUSE: Signing the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act | The White House
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"It's quite possible if the wrong person's in charge it could set us back five years, " says Pulver.
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Turn up in person and dull is the wrong word: stand in the right (wrong?) place and it's more a cacophony.
CNN: The art of noise in sport: How the cowbell came of age
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In another case, eye surgery was performed on the wrong person.
BBC: Cambridge University Hospitals' safety checks 'working'
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"Perhaps the wrong person was caught, " police in Luoyang told the newspaper.
BBC: China beating: Anger after man mistaken for petitioner
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Well you're talking to the wrong person here David, I have a constituency in north east London so there's not a lot of country there except a bit of Epping Forest around the top.
BBC: News | BREAKFAST WITH FROST | Conservative Leader, Iain Duncan Smith MP
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When the wrong person is chosen, trust funds can be depleted in a hurry, to the detriment of all the heirs.
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Poor eye sight can also result in a person being unable to read the labels on medication and accidentally taking the wrong dose.
BBC: It is often too late to remedy a problem once symptoms occur
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In a startup, every single person on your team is a critical component, and making the wrong hire can literally sink your ship, especially when that person is building your product.
FORBES: Who Should You Hire to Build Your Web Startup? (Tips for Non-Technical Tech Entrepreneurs)
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In fact, the hypotenuse is a line between two angles, so what is wrong with a fourth person being the hypotenuse between two of the three people who are presumably at the points of the triangle?
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