mistake
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Meanwhile, Stanley Druckenmiller, Bessent’s longtime mentor, sounded off on the Treasury secretary over intervention to bring down borrowing costs, calling it a mistake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Druckenmiller’s critique was unambiguous: ”This wasn’t liquidity management, it was price management – and a mistake far larger than $4 billion suggests.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
In any case, the Post did not fire Attiah for misquoting Kirk, although according to a CNN report that cited two staffers from the newspaper, “management also took issue” with the mistake.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The organisers of Sydney Marathon have laughed off a mistake which saw a German stadium etched on to medals for participants, saying "we're not going to run from it".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
I saw right away that Rowdy had made a terrible mistake.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Professor Evelyn Collins was speaking two days after a court case highlighted mistakes made by the commission in its ruling on last month's planned parade by the Orange Order to Drumcree church in Portadown.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Warriors made so many mistakes last week they needed three overtimes to beat Newbury Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
They are fast-paced, overwhelming, and chaotic, and public health officials inevitably make mistakes.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Homeowners say their builders have made mistakes as they attempt to put up homes as quickly and cheaply as possible, installing improperly sized HVACs, putting in windows incorrectly, or poorly ventilating attics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
He was freezing cold and caked in grime and sure of absolutely nothing except that he had just made a series of horrible mistakes, each worse than the last.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
During a nighttime field survey, researchers initially mistook the animal for a mushroom, highlighting just how convincing its disguise is.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
In July 1988, the USS Vincennes mistook an Iran Air commercial plane for a fighter and shot it down soon after takeoff from Dubai, killing 290 civilians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
At least 59 detainees were freed because the system mistook them for other people.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
A resident mistook the toy for a real firearm and called police to report an armed person, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
I just hoped there wasn’t some hunter who mistook me for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and let me have it.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
It’s the mistaken belief that, after a coin comes up heads several times in a row, the chances of it coming up heads on the next flip are particularly low.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nicholson and Kuniskis also said the perception that smaller, turbocharged engines aren’t as reliable as V-8s is mistaken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In a letter posted online, he said quitting was "the only way" to end a "difficult period", but insisted the decision should not be "mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me".
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Speaking of his decision to step down he added it should not "be mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Heaven knew what would happen with a rabbit and two coyotes jammed in beneath her, and I had just about half a second to get ready for it when I realized I was mistaken....
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
Traditionally, a Commonwealth-centric sport, there is no mistaking Glasgow 2026 is a major occasion for netball.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
This is an easy category error for anyone to make when talking about tourism, mistaking a country’s boundless beauty and hospitality toward visitors for anything else.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
The Whoop tripped up early, mistaking my late-night reading for light sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said some outlets accused Hegseth of mistaking Jackson’s Golden Globe-winning performance with actual scripture, and called that narrative “fake news.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
The man had spoken softly, but there was no mistaking what he had said.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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