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blunder

[bluhn-der] / ˈblʌn dər /




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Now, the Minnesota Vikings are betting that when it comes to Kyler Murray, one team’s potential blunder could be another team’s bargain.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The blunder follows a similar incident at last year's Great North Run in Newcastle, where medals mistakenly featured the Sunderland and Wear River – which is not part of the event.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

But just as you can blunder into a war, you can blunder out of one.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

“Let me cry about this loss a little bit more,” Leonard said about his future with the Clippers after that blunder.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Einstein’s biggest blunder might not have been a blunder after all.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

There were mighty blunders off the field too under Jarmond, including an email that went out to donors that came with an attachment revealing personal information and spending tallies of the department’s biggest donors.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

It used to be far easier to spot computer-generated visual creations - often used by fraudsters - because AI would make blunders, like adding an extra finger or something else that was obviously weird.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

It was one of the German chancellor’s worst strategic blunders.

From Salon May 21, 2026

“Ford…has in his social endeavor committed economic blunders, if not crimes,” The Wall Street Journal opined on Jan. 7, 1914.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

People might say afterwards "Old Macarthur lost his nerve a bit, made some colossal blunders, sacrificed some of his best men."

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

They assumed it sensed danger, but it was actually steering them: They blundered into a goose nest, scattering the frightened adults.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

"It should have been drawn, but Ding blundered as the pressure grew."

From BBC Dec. 12, 2024

Addressing some 100 C.I.A. officials on March 19, Mr. Burns acknowledged how the agency catastrophically blundered in its assessment that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

From New York Times May 9, 2023

Barely a week after setting a franchise record with 111 regular-season victories, the biggest winners in Dodgers history have blundered into a vastly different moniker.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2022

Somehow I blundered down in to the cabin.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Co-written and directed by France’s Olivier Assayas in an adaptation of the novel by Giuliano da Empoli, the movie has the blundering, obvious feel of a made-for-cable TV item from the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Naive, blundering hobbyists and reckless pranksters can also veer into restricted airspace, setting off alarms and potentially shutting down airport traffic.

From Barron's Oct. 14, 2025

He said Grok's "unrecognizable" and "blundering" play enabled o3 to claim a succession of "convincing wins".

From BBC Aug. 8, 2025

They sensitively dramatize one father’s fear that everything he does to make things better will permanently ruin everything — though that doesn’t stop him from blundering ahead anyway.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2022

“We’ve been Disapparating under the Invisibility Cloak as an extra precaution. And we left really early, because, as Harry says, we’d heard somebody blundering around.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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