mistake

"He made a mistake that he cannot bring himself to admit," Kasyanov, 68, said in Paris.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

"By doing that, it was a big mistake by you, I feel like you forced our hand."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

I addressed this mistake in my concurrence in Fulton v.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

When he continued the conversation outside, I tried to shake him, sure there was some sort of mistake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Boaz had been a mistake, the worst idea she’d had since she and Molly took over the theater in 1952.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Four big IRA mistakes you can’t afford to make.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"We all make mistakes, we all forget things. It's not the end of the world. If you can go back and make a humour of it the audience are quite forgiving and accepting."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Kirstin said she understood "mistakes were made" but believes her daughter has been treated "inexcusably" since then.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

But the film mistakes a chapter for the whole story, and a dramatization for the record.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

But mistakes on the eight, nine, or ten level…they’ll take you out.

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

Gaik Pobokhian, when she mistook the gas and brake pedals and hit the gas pedal “way too hard.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

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

The musk ox mistook Duane’s silence for indifference.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Julie Hesmondhalgh noticed Myha'la ostentatiously winking at Grant before she voted for him, which led the former Coronation Street actress to make one of the most impassioned - but mistaken - speeches of the night.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

A shadow can briefly resemble a face, or one object can momentarily be mistaken for another.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Police in Evanston, Illinois, are reportedly investigating after ICE agents detained and injured a U.S. citizen on Sunday in an apparent case of mistaken identity.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 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 wallet could be mistaken for a gun.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

Sabrina Carpenter has apologized after sparking backlash for mistaking a Coachella fan’s traditional Arabic cheer for yodeling, which she described as “weird.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

There was no mistaking the satisfaction in Capricorn’s voice.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke