blunder
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Naderi capitalised on a blunder from Motherwell goalkeeper Alex Paulsen to roll the ball into an empty net.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
He would later tell friends that introducing it had been his "greatest blunder."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
A press conference took place a few days later, where MacDougall and colleague Cdr Greg Burns were grilled over the blunder.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
After my hug, she stepped back for a moment, and I made a pretty major social blunder.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
There were mighty blunders off the field too under Jarmond, including an email that went out to donors that came with an attachment revealing personal information and spending tallies of the department’s biggest donors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Turning baseball into the Dodgers versus the Dodger-nots is a convenient way to obscure your own blunders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
AI-generated blunders do not necessarily destroy a lawyer's case, French lawyer Damien Charlotin told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 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
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
She blundered on the Epstein files by boasting about big revelations that never materialized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Martinez might have escaped justice, but he blundered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
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
“Yes, but you are too busy. I am too stupid to learn,” I blundered out, as red as a peony.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
He thanked his team and family before blundering into acknowledging the prime minister in the Royal Box.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
At the 1994 tournament in Linares, Spain, Mr. Kasparov—as the camera later showed—made a blundering move, let go of the piece, changed his mind and moved it back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 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
But he got up and came blundering on toward them.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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