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Misdirection meaning
An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction. | Movement or tendency in the wrong direction. | An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
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Misdirection Like many magic effects, this illusion relies mostly on subtle misdirection and acting on the part of the performer.
It said that Mitarachis continues using “an innovative mix of misdirection and outright lies” to cover up what the group said was the New Democracy government’s cruel practices toward asylum seekers.
Neat feints and well-placed moments of misdirection keep the viewer guessing, and among the ingredients in that metaphorical blender are flashbacks, visions, multiple points of view and elements of folk horror.
That is not to say he does not use zone coverage ever, but Leonhard uses a lot of movement and misdirection to keep offenses guessing, regardless of the coverage.
The Rio experience has been a long misdirection act for Penn & Teller.
He set up Okoli’s golden chance with a great piece of misdirection, produced an alert finish and consistently beat his full-back.
This act isn't just about borders or foreign aid; it's a masterclass in misdirection.
As an old Digger and a current 'client' of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (the Department from Hell, in my lexicon), I think this is an unconscionable misdirection of scarce funds to expand and disturb an excellent Australian War Memorial.
A well-conceived misdirection scoring pass to Luepke put the Bison back on top for good.
False information, gossip, rumor, distrust, and misdirection will also have an outsized impact and lead to rapidly executed bad decisions under these conditions (like grocery hoarding).
It’s a deliberate attempt at misdirection from the plain fact that the justices — whether left, right or center — follow their own policy preferences, especially where they care the most about the outcome.
It’s an almost comic exercise in misdirection, but unfortunately it has horrible, real-world consequences, as McKibben now faces and attacks than he confronted before.
Sikhala hailed Ndewere for the judgement arguing that the misdirection of the lower court had shown the magistrate court were compromised.
They’ve been defensive, used misdirection and touted the platforms that have had fewer problems.
Whereas the official injury list of a club once featured more misdirection than a David Copperfield show, coaches now identify the wounded at the post-match press conference.
After all, fans are going to be annoyed if it's blatant misdirection, and it's entirely possible that Rey is turned (albeit briefly) or that she pretends to be in order to take down The Emperor.
Here Brissett takes the snap and uses misdirection to flip the ball out to Marlon Mack.
Misdirection is key in this Spider-Man adventure, which is why there's no way the big death at the end of the film is real.
Never, as in never, let reality emerge; keep the game going with one misdirection technique after another.
The defense looked lost any time Oklahoma utilized any misdirection, had plenty of missed tackles, and really just looked like they did not belong on the same field.