How to Use go wrong in a Sentence

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  • There were many ways the learning process could go wrong.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Seafood lovers can't go wrong with the crab and shrimp mac and cheese from the Lobster Food Truck.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Small things can go wrong, and the support is far from perfect.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
  • That's a tricky thing to do, that stuff can go wrong really fast.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Scott: So gimme a few examples of how this could all go wrong.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 26 May 2023
  • However, there are some brands that are hard to go wrong with -- Kendra Scott being one of those.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Later, things go wrong when Barbie's heeled feet are, well, no longer heeled.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • In his coverage of the submersible, Pogue explored how things could — and did — go wrong.
    Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 22 June 2023
  • Because there’s always the chance that something will go wrong.
    David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But there’s a risk inherent in that; more data in more places means more things can go wrong.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Perhaps she's got a bit of a spider-sense that something is going to go wrong.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the spread of cellphones and service has left many feeling that if things go wrong, help is a call away.
    Adam Geller, Fortune, 26 June 2023
  • With that level of talent involved, what could go wrong?
    Vulture, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Costume Watch on You can never go wrong with wearing all black.
    Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 8 July 2023
  • The most likely outcome is that something will go wrong during this flight.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Stay calm when things go wrong Flight canceled because of weather?
    Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2023
  • And with this new effort on Marion Island, a lot could go wrong.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Trading on emotion is the second area where most investors go wrong.
    Jim Osman, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • There’s a one-year warranty from the date of purchase should anything go wrong with your new favorite shoes.
    Jill Schildhouse, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Plan for the future, but do not overly emphasize what can go wrong—plan for both the benefits and the risks that face you in the future.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • What could possibly go wrong? Losing the Plot Truth is stranger than fiction.
    Robert Zafft, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Pretty much all the things that could go wrong technically did.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
  • As if Furman needed anything else to go wrong, the ice-cold Trammell opened the second-half scoring with a 3.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Many things need to go exactly right, and very little can go wrong for the EV transition to transpire as planned.
    IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2023
  • There are always things that go wrong, orders that are canceled or delayed.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Things can and often do go wrong in Austin, however, so no one would be blamed for being skeptical of the team's chances.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Also, the yoga helps with preparing you for when things go wrong onstage.
    Jason Thomas Gordon, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In any complex technical system, there can be any number of things that go wrong, right?
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Splitting a reservation means more paperwork and more of a chance that something can go wrong.
    Christopher Elliott, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Travelers can check the status of their flight ahead of time thanks to a variety of apps and websites, and should know their rights if something does go wrong.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2024

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