blunder

The name blunder earlier this week was part of the Cheshire zoo's ticket promotion to allow visitors to go on a tour showcasing its Sumatran tigers, lions, rhinos and Komodo dragons.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Naderi capitalised on a blunder from Motherwell goalkeeper Alex Paulsen to roll the ball into an empty net.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

He would later tell friends that introducing it had been his "greatest blunder."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

But just as you can blunder into a war, you can blunder out of one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

He was fairly sure Wylan would never let him forget a blunder like that.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

There were mighty blunders off the field too under Jarmond, including an email that went out to donors that came with an attachment revealing personal information and spending tallies of the department’s biggest donors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

In so holding, Justice Horace Gray committed three major blunders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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

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

I now know that many blunders have been committed here, by young and old alike.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

She blundered on the Epstein files by boasting about big revelations that never materialized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 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

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

Having blundered into something he really did not want to do, simply because it was something that probably ought to be done, he was terrified of the dues that would have to be paid.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

He thanked his team and family before blundering into acknowledging the prime minister in the Royal Box.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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

I saw him through the window, seizing his horse’s mane, and mounting in his blundering brutal manner, and sidling and backing away.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens