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

It is not the first time there has been an order blunder in Orkney in recent years.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Maybe not switching sooner was a blunder, but you are on the right track to correcting that.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 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

Because they had no ideology. between you and I. This commonly heard phrase is often held out as an excruciating grammatical blunder.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker