mistake

The advertising agency has since acknowledged its mistake and refunded the money.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

But make no mistake, it’s entirely possible that her first day briefing the White House press will also be her best day.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

And in a setting where a mistranslated word can mean the difference between an accurate diagnosis and a dangerous mistake, the consequences can be severe—or even deadly.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

I found Lisandro Martinez's outburst about Manchester United's recruitment very strange, especially after his mistake that cost his side victory over Tottenham.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Boaz had been a mistake, the worst idea she’d had since she and Molly took over the theater in 1952.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

But a succession of mistakes - handling errors, needless offloads, sloppy penalties – allowed Tonga to control the momentum for much of the game.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Apart from an erosion of market power and more distant customer relationships, purchase mistakes could lead to higher merchandise returns or credit-card chargebacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

When doctors reviewed translations with high quality scores, they also found small but frequent mistakes in medication instructions, as well as in warnings about when to urgently return to the ER.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

They developed a reputation for being prone to mistakes and turnovers and were considered a bit soft.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

I read louder when they enter the new land, the things they did not understand, the fear, the mistakes.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

He has attended so many of her meetings that some foreign officials mistook him for her chief of staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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 another close encounter, while filming underwater a hungry walrus mistook him for a seal and took hold of his legs.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

At least 59 detainees were freed because the system mistook them for other people.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

Esteban, who had not had a chance to get to know his daughter, mistook her placid amiability and her eagerness to set the table with the silver candlesticks for love.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Popular student leader Neha Bora became a viral sensation after a case of mistaken identity led to police detaining her lookalike.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Julie Hesmondhalgh noticed Myha'la ostentatiously winking at Grant before she voted for him, which led the former Coronation Street actress to make one of the most impassioned - but mistaken - speeches of the night.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

A shadow can briefly resemble a face, or one object can momentarily be mistaken for another.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Let’s count the ways conventional wisdom could prove mistaken.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I began to cherish hopes I had no right to conceive: that the match was broken off; that rumour had been mistaken; that one or both parties had changed their minds.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

That way I never risk mistaking something an AI generated for something I wrote myself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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

As twins, the brothers - who grew up in Coldingham - are used to people mistaking one for the other.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

From the corner of his eye he saw them, at first mistaking them for a strand of his own hair caught by the wind.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko