blunder

Example Sentences

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The narrator creates a small scandal by jokingly telling the story of his transcription blunder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"This is a very expensive blunder," said Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and head of West Coast Trial Lawyers, who used to represent Disney.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

CBS looks to have made a strategic blunder when it announced plans last year to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” but decided to keep host Stephen Colbert on air until May 2026.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

A manufacturing blunder recently turned a smiling horse plushie into an icon of China's young employees.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

For a second I wondered if somebody had made a terrible blunder.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien