blunder
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For a long time it wasn’t clear whether Kidd was an advocate of the deal in which Dallas acquired oft-injured center Anthony Davis or a victim of a front-office blunder.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Investors saw the deal as a lifeline for the American chip pioneer, which had fallen steeply behind in the artificial-intelligence-chip race — another blunder on top of years of management miscalculations.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
But it now appears this was a perfunctory review intended to give Drs. Prasad and Makary cover for their initial blunder in rejecting the drug.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The best picture blunder has kept “Moonlight” and “La La Land” under the microscope for nine years now, and made the incident the blueprint for each ensuing Oscar season’s inevitable drama.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
The Doctor would have liked during the course of conversation to ask, “Is there any man in the case?” but he knew his Creole too well to make such a blunder as that.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Vocabulary lists containing blunder
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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