blunder
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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
The blunder follows a similar incident at last year's Great North Run in Newcastle, where medals mistakenly featured the Sunderland and Wear River – which is not part of the event.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
He would later tell friends that introducing it had been his "greatest blunder."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
At first, commentators believed it was a strategic blunder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 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
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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
Judge Linda Kevins of New York State's Supreme Court warned in a January ruling that such blunders wasted the time and money of both the opposing party and the court.
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
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
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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
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
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
A baffled, bewildered crew blundered on deck, and walked round the capstan.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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The Bath wing copped a first unfortunate yellow card for not releasing the tackled man and then a clumsy second, blundering into an airborne Kyle Steyn.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 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
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
They sensitively dramatize one father’s fear that everything he does to make things better will permanently ruin everything — though that doesn’t stop him from blundering ahead anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
On the great beast thundered, blundering in blind wrath through pool and thicket.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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