mistake
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Who wants to tell their families they died for a mistake?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
It would be a mistake, however, to dismiss Heller as nothing more than an astroturfed simulation of popular constitutionalism.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Israel acknowledged the mistake and Pizzaballa was allowed to celebrate Easter Mass the following week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
She said that her party leader had "made a mistake", adding "we've all done it and got flak."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
My mouth went dry as I realized my mistake.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
More often it’s how mistakes turn into fiascoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Modi also said "mistakes made in youth" should be corrected through guidance rather than legal action, referring to the police cases.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Delangue said he hopes that legal frameworks are maintained to recognise this and to make sure that the companies that make mistakes leading to the hacks are "accountable."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
He wanted to avoid the mistakes he thought prosecutors had made, chief among them, in his view: They were so eager to show Blake’s motive that they acquiesced to the harsh portrayal of the victim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Within two minutes, he realized that Aidan's team made mistakes when they played fast.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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
Mott set off a security alarm when he jumped the fence, but the operator on duty mistook the cause of the alert as a herd of deer just outside the fence.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
At least 59 detainees were freed because the system mistook them for other people.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
“I still can’t believe you mistook the Wicked Queen for Snow White! I mean, what were you thinking?!”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
It’s not clear how Wall Street came up with this mistaken view.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Unless clear limits are introduced against "mistaken belief" in consent, victims' efforts may be "rendered futile", she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
The BBC has apologised for an editing error that gave "the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The other half of the bracket definitely won’t be mistaken for a chess match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The central message that readers were bound to take away from such texts is that human beings have a mistaken sense of their own importance.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
A premise that had sounded a bit ridiculous—a trout mistaking my cast for an alighting insect—had been proven real.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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
Sabrina Carpenter has apologized after sparking backlash for mistaking a Coachella fan’s traditional Arabic cheer for yodeling, which she described as “weird.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
A U.S. military investigation found that multiple human and systems errors had resulted in the strike team mistaking the building for a Taliban target.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026
“I mean…” Now there was no mistaking it; the boy looked...embarrassed.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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