mistake

They’re finding out the hard way what a mistake that is.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

One mistake is taking on too much debt and leaving no room if the business takes a wrong turn early on.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

OK, he has made a mistake and he's paid for that dearly.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The Times: What would you say your biggest mistake has been since you got to City Hall?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

But doing nothing can be a mistake too.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

“Our mistakes meant some Dashers were underpaid or paid late,” the company added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Yes, she might have made mistakes and overlooked certain things, but there does not seem to be overwhelming evidence of cognitive decline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

“While these mistakes weren’t intentional, that doesn’t make them okay,” it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Sheeran addressed the controversy and spoke for nearly four minutes at the start of his set in Philadelphia on Saturday, saying he had made "mistakes" handling the fallout.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

It’s no earmuffs and no mistakes allowed, and Noah drumming everything.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

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 cancer patient had the wrong part of their bowel removed during an operation after a surgeon mistook a tattoo for the site of a tumour, a report has said.

From BBC ● May 24, 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

Although they mistook a water-filled bog for a smooth green field and landed in it nose down, tail up, they had done it.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

James Benwell, from the Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust, said 2026 was a "record year" for sightings of the species, which was often mistaken for a small bird.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

A rare marble sculpture could fetch up to £18,000 at auction after it spent more than seven decades sitting outside, mistaken for a garden ornament.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

In these cases, a side effect from one drug may be mistaken for a new medical condition, prompting treatment with another medication.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

He also chose a hairstyle patterned after the Mandinka warriors of West Africa — which has been commonly mistaken for a mohawk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“If I am not mistaken, Agatha Swanburne once uttered the very same words, but it was certainly not one of her more popular sayings. Wherever did you hear it?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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 would prevent the public from mistaking a committee’s view for membership consensus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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

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

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

There was no mistaking the identity of the trio, given the specificity of the bulletins.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead