blunder

Instead of owning the blunder, Schmitt doubled down.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Ravens got an emotional boost with their win off the Cowboys’ blunder, though they shouldn’t have lost to the Saints in Week 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

A subsequent independent report, external into the incident said the blunder was the result of "inadequate systems and processes" rather than deliberate wrongdoing.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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 word was blunder; and as Harriet exultingly proclaimed it, there was a blush on Jane’s cheek which gave it a meaning not otherwise ostensible.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

No organization on earth is more puffed-up about itself than the NFL—excuse me, the National Football League, as all the television surrogates say—and yet it’s as capable of the same blunders as anyone else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

A horrific crime turned into a national scandal as France realised the scale of official blunders that had left Barella at liberty.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 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

Of course, Bloom thought on reflection, one of his worst blunders was the article on Joe’s beanfield he’d done for the Voice of the People.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

Like other veterans, though, Allman, thinks Metro blundered in framing the station as the Westwood/VA Hospital stop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2023

Bill started up laughing; then suddenly he fell silent and blundered away through the bushes.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Leafy speaks for all of the author’s blundering characters when, at one low ebb, he sums himself up as “an aristocrat of pain and frustration, a prince of anguish and embarrassment.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

“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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025

Men lost were no longer counted by the thousands but by the hundred thousands; there had been blundering, betrayal, and corruption during the entire progress of the war.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt