false step
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It’s the poignant devastation of knowing one false step or bad decision could reshape your life that knocks us over.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025
Don’t make a false step of your own in this week’s Slate News Quiz.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2023
But in his mind, he was just one false step from going right back to prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2019
One false step can lead to a fall into a stream underneath.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2018
If we took one false step, we would fall into black, smelly water.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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