mistake
Example Sentences
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Suddenly more robust, the Parisians agreed to join the street fight until they could provoke a mistake.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
The Elland Road club are the only team not to have any kind of officiating mistake go for them.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
“He didn’t make a mistake in North Africa. When Eisenhower challenges Stagg, he says, ‘This man never got it wrong.’
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
That would be a mistake, according to Christian Floro, market strategist at Principal Asset Management.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
“It was just a mistake, all of you ending up where you did. When you did,” he said.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vocabulary lists containing mistake
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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"Indian Summer Sun" and "Almost Evenly Divided"
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
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