blunder

Instead of owning the blunder, Schmitt doubled down.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Ravens got an emotional boost with their win off the Cowboys’ blunder, though they shouldn’t have lost to the Saints in Week 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

What a failure of judgment, of care; what a blunder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

He hated the chaplain venomously for being a chaplain and making a coarse blunder out of an observation that in any other circumstances, he knew, would have been considered witty and urbane.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

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

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

I had heard of the foolish blunders that small-town boys made when they went to big cities and I wanted to be very cautious.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

Martinez might have escaped justice, but he blundered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025

"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

Harry blundered after Ron toward the light, stumbling and tripping, and a moment later they had emerged into a clearing.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

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

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Leafy speaks for all of the author’s blundering characters when, at one low ebb, he sums himself up as “an aristocrat of pain and frustration, a prince of anguish and embarrassment.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 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

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 had come blundering like a poor fool on ground that was preserved.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier