mistake
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Mike Penders: The Belgian goalkeeper remains under pressure after his mistake against Tottenham last week, but he was steady here and made several comfortable saves.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
In an interview with The Times, Mayor Karen Bass talked about her response to the Palisades fire, police hiring, her management style at City Hall and her biggest mistake as mayor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
A common standard should make different assumptions clear, lest investors mistake more generous valuations for greater impact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
After a turnout of nearly 78 percent, the highest since 1999, Eisenkot said it would be a mistake to hold a second election and vowed to work "swiftly" to form a government.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Tansy pinned up her skirts and played along with us to make sure nobody kicked Little Britches in the head by mistake.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The first half saw Mater Dei take advantage of St. John Bosco mistakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Donnarumma was at fault for Aston Villa's second goal last weekend and Maresca acknowledged he has been "making some mistakes".
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Of course, countries and organizations face the same problem: repeating mistakes even after learning that they were mistakes the first time.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
The guardrails and monitoring that will be needed in corporate deployments will be expensive, as will the immense legal costs from the many mistakes likely to occur short of cataclysm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
In general, she noticed that Pel didn’t like making mistakes or being wrong.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Meta apologized for suspending the primary Instagram account of No Kings protest organizers on a day of events around the country, saying it mistook activity by a Claude tool for bot traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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
A woman says doctors mistook her endometriosis for irritable bowel syndrome, as new figures show diagnosis delays are getting longer.
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
“Perhaps I mistook the exchange,” said Dr. Trefusis.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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
He was like, “I think we’d be mistaken to not just send Rosalía something and see if she’d be interested.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Carl, 47, and Laura, 48, say their book should not be mistaken for a manual on how to sustain the best marriage, or how to magically get over cheating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
At first she thought she must be mistaken.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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
Traditionally, a Commonwealth-centric sport, there is no mistaking Glasgow 2026 is a major occasion for netball.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
“I mean…” Now there was no mistaking it; the boy looked...embarrassed.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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