mistake

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

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Yet for most fans, his voice has been little more than background noise, an acapella Muzak that only gets noticed when Araujo makes a mistake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

To deem a film whose worst mistake is some inherent goofiness as “insidious” defeats the entire point.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

That purchase quickly turned out to be “the greatest mistake of my life,” Hudson told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

But Clara didn’t think it was, and as she led him down into the club, she hoped she wasn’t making a mistake, bringing him here.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

In 2019, Bharat started noticing that Jyoti was making uncharacteristic mistakes on stage.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“SB 954 was developed to ensure those same mistakes do not continue.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

“He had the fight against Tatsuro Taira; I think he evolved and corrected some mistakes he made in that fight. So I think it’s going to be completely different.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Giles Mason, who runs the Take 5 to Stop Fraud campaign at UK Finance which represents the banking and finance industry, said scam emails used to be "riddled with spelling mistakes, poor grammar".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

But when he visited the house with Marlie and Strong Jonn, he often joked with Rowan, and took an interest in what he was doing, and made excuses for his mistakes.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

He said afterward that he mistook the plastic fork for a weapon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

No one mistook us for anything other than what we were.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Mindy and her wife Linda have been together for more than 30 years, but says they're often mistaken for sisters.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The disease is carried by the Asian citrus psyllid, a non-native insect so tiny it can be mistaken for pollen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

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

The dark color that she had mistaken for the stiff black felt of a bowler hat was merely a thick coating of mud.

From "The Unseen Guest" 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

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

The features of the wanted woman were hooded and indistinct, but there was no mistaking the slope of her shoulders, the matted bear-skin cloak.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee