blunder
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To state the obvious, Manning’s blunder is not in the area code of French’s tweet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
At the time, it wasn’t clear whether Kidd was an advocate of the Doncic deal or a victim of a front-office blunder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The main fear of every top notch chess player, the story went on, “is the inexplicable error from which no one is immune,” the chance blunder.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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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
In so holding, Justice Horace Gray committed three major blunders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
AI-generated blunders do not necessarily destroy a lawyer's case, French lawyer Damien Charlotin told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
It was one of the German chancellor’s worst strategic blunders.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
I had heard of the foolish blunders that small-town boys made when they went to big cities and I wanted to be very cautious.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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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
But Ding blundered on move 55 and Gukesh exploited the error to clinch the title.
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
Scarcely knowing where he stepped, he blundered his way to the far end of the courtyard and spread his sweepings on a sun-warmed sheep hide to dry.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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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
“It’s true that by blundering about we stumbled on gold, but the fact remains that we were looking for gold.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
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
"You think that everybody's looking at you blundering your way along and you become very self-conscious. You want to be normal, you want to be a cool 20-odd year-old and you don't feel like that."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2022
Now Dimple could focus on not blundering the steps and falling off the stage.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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