blunder

Because the ICC has no army or police force, it can prosecute leaders only if they fall from power or badly blunder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

But his earlier blunder, uncharacteristic for the joint-top scorer in this tournament, begs the question: Is it time players stopped with the 'stuttering' penalty kicks?

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

He reportedly disliked the constant and later referred to it as his "biggest blunder."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

The blunder was made by Rahmi Koc at the opening of a hospital in the western resort city of Izmir late Friday, but when the footage started circulating online it caused a backlash.

From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 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

It used to be far easier to spot computer-generated visual creations - often used by fraudsters - because AI would make blunders, like adding an extra finger or something else that was obviously weird.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

AI-generated blunders do not necessarily destroy a lawyer's case, French lawyer Damien Charlotin told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Even as he ages, he never appears to learn from his blunders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

It was one of the German chancellor’s worst strategic blunders.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

Of course, Bloom thought on reflection, one of his worst blunders was the article on Joe’s beanfield he’d done for the Voice of the People.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

That’s why Evgeny blundered into Dmitri’s shop, although he admits that he’s none too successful at this gig.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 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

Barely a week after setting a franchise record with 111 regular-season victories, the biggest winners in Dodgers history have blundered into a vastly different moniker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

He blundered away in the dusk, wondering only where he could hide his sickness for a while.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

Her hopes of justice were raised ahead of the court case in 2003, only to be let down by legal "blundering".

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 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

“We’ve been Disapparating under the Invisibility Cloak as an extra precaution. And we left really early, because, as Harry says, we’d heard somebody blundering around.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling