mistake

Of the extremist settlers, Huckabee said, "If this little minority, if they think they're doing their cause a favour, they are making a horrific mistake."

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Scarier yet, it’s possible that someone—or, heaven forbid, some A.I. detector—might mistake my text for ChatGPT’s.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

People often mistake figeater beetles for Japanese beetles, which are a major pest, Windbiel-Rojas said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

"It was a mistake, as it clearly wasn't going to work. We cancelled it and refunded the few participants," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

After twenty minutes alone, I realize it was a mistake to leave—to be alone.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

This time, I allowed myself room to play and to make mistakes, just like I encourage my daughter to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

In some cases, those experiences can contribute to a fear of failure rooted in the belief that mistakes make a person less worthy in the eyes of others.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Serious mistakes like this are inevitable when a national retailer does hundreds of thousands of ID checks indiscriminately with this sinister surveillance tech," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Known for its flame-grilled beef, Burger King has struggled for years with outdated restaurants and menu mistakes, like a hand-breaded chicken sandwich that was hard to make.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Neel was sure he’d find plenty of mistakes inside these books if he ever got the chance to read them.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

Thotsakan's guitarist Chanate Trasing says he initially mistook the smoke for dry ice used in stage performances.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

Mouse mistook my toe for a mole crab, and I used the excuse to duck away and off down the beach to sit by myself for a while.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

It’s the mistaken belief that, after a coin comes up heads several times in a row, the chances of it coming up heads on the next flip are particularly low.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

She added: "Such a proposal would not merely be mistaken, misguided or unacceptable; it would deserve to be rejected outright."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

In a letter posted online, he said quitting was "the only way" to end a "difficult period", but insisted the decision should not be "mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me".

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

The mistaken reports mark the latest snafu for Bilt, which faced blowback after revamping its rewards-for-rent credit card earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Even now, I tried to tell myself I must have been mistaken.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Over his four seasons as USC’s coach, there’s no mistaking what’s held Riley back from reaching the same heights at USC as he had at Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 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

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

There was no mistaking the nature of the scene; it was a chase.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller