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

An MSP who faced ridicule over a blunder at a Holyrood committee has said she suffered a "momentary lapse" brought on by lack of sleep and a chest infection.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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

As she said this, her voice lilted with sarcasm, as if this blunder, after everything else—after joking about the Holocaust and glancing at her test—was too much and she was done with me.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Brown, the team’s high-profile offseason acquisition who suffered an ankle injury earlier in the game, Maye repeatedly forced throws that turned into costly blunders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

People might say afterwards "Old Macarthur lost his nerve a bit, made some colossal blunders, sacrificed some of his best men."

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

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 SVB, First Republic blundered into trouble as the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates almost 14 months ago.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2023

Somehow I blundered down in to the cabin.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Co-written and directed by France’s Olivier Assayas in an adaptation of the novel by Giuliano da Empoli, the movie has the blundering, obvious feel of a made-for-cable TV item from the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 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

"You think that everybody's looking at you blundering your way along and you become very self-conscious. You want to be normal, you want to be a cool 20-odd year-old and you don't feel like that."

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2022

He liked to set things up, and had an abhorrence of blundering along without having considered the alternatives well in advance.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols