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As I have previously argued: “The history of the firing squad is marked by gruesome mistakes when marksmen missed their target. In the 1951 execution of Eliseo Mares, for example, four executioners all shot into the wrong side of his chest, and he died slowly from blood loss.”

From Slate

Why be on the wrong side of the one-stop shop for sports?

From Slate

If this is supposed to be some 4-D chess move, it looks an awful lot like checkmate — for the wrong side.

From Salon

England have spent much of the past six months on the wrong side of those final quarters and narrow scorelines.

From BBC

Police said call handlers had received reports of a man "on the wrong side of the barrier" on the bridge on Friday.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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