mistake
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Reading the results in this way is a mistake.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
It is fear of making a mistake, losing money or entering a world governed by industry jargon and seemingly endless decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Birds, particularly water birds, will mistake it for food or grit and eat it, and that is ground down in their stomachs.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
“The biggest mistake people make is applying for Social Security too early,” Taylor said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
I couldn’t help wondering if it was a mistake somehow, if Luc had misspoken.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Damien Charlotin of UC Law San Francisco has counted 148 family-law rulings where judges flagged fake citations or other apparent AI mistakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Finally, does Sierra Canyon have a quarterback who can avoid mistakes and deliver one or two key completions with the game on the line?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Death and taxes might be certain, but so are mistakes and regret, no matter how much we’d like to believe that we’re big enough to let go.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
"Though the chatbots often made mistakes, they also behaved as sympathetic listeners to skeptical users -- while still refusing to endorse conspiracy theories," the center said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
But the final four knew the mistakes were the secret code.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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He said afterward that he mistook the plastic fork for a weapon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Among the most heartbreaking finds were remains in a paper bag that police mistook for a baby bird.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
These he evidently mistook for polar snow, for he began to peck at the window vigorously.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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Andriessen set out to show how mistaken Plato was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
"It is quite possible that the seabirds have mistaken the plastic for fish eggs," he previously told the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Iowa is not likely to be mistaken for France anytime soon, but Lahn’s version of conservatism is still very European.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
That category extends beyond generative AI, so the percentage should not be mistaken for a precise measure of AI exposure.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Was there a chance the old fox had been mistaken?
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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There is no mistaking a strong Gallic twang as Balshaw, who celebrated the first ATP Tour victory of his career this week, discusses his journey.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
LZ is especially sensitive to events of this kind, while its design also helps scientists reduce the chances of mistaking ordinary particle interactions for dark matter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 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
They tricked image recognition systems into mistaking photographs of cats for guacamole, and found new ways of embedding inaudible Alexa commands into five-second snippets of classical music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Nobody laughed this time: There was no mistaking the anger and contempt in Voldemort’s voice.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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