mistake
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Germany's Allianz Arena also poked fun at the mistake, writing on Instagram: "Oh wow, we didn't have that on our bingo card!"
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
It was sad that a young, promising coach had made a terrible mistake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Maryland man deported last year by mistake already had his federal indictment on human smuggling charges dismissed over vindictive prosecution, but now, the Justice Department is demanding the indictment be brought back.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2026
Israel's military called the incident a "tragic mistake".
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
But at that moment he made a terrible mistake.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Cofnas added that “Many passages are lifted with minimal editing, sometimes retaining copy-editing mistakes from the original source,” and found similar issues in other papers written by Arday.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
During his confirmation process last year, Bisignano said he would bring his expertise to the agency to reduce payment mistakes and improve its older technological infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Cofnas claimed to have put Arday's work through plagiarism detection software which found that "many passages are lifted with minimal editing, sometimes retaining copy-editing mistakes from the original source".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
But shopping hungry can lead to expensive mistakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Either way, most mistakes are soon both forgiven and forgotten; they are a fact of life, and one ought not to lose sleep over them.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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
The detective believes Levine saw the bags Palacios was carrying and mistook him for a homeless person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 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
The contents in the suitcase were "mistaken for a human originally, so they are very realistic in terms of looking like human remains," said Supt Linda Bradbury from the Hume Police District.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
In a letter posted online, he said quitting was "the only way" to end a "difficult period", but insisted the decision should not be "mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me".
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Roughly 1,850 Bilt cardholders recently received mistaken collections notices for overdue balances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The repetition made the claims feel increasingly familiar – and familiarity can be mistaken for evidence.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
To do the sort of trades they wanted to do, they needed to be mistaken by the big Wall Street firms for investors who knew their way around a big Wall Street firm.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Over his four seasons as USC’s coach, there’s no mistaking what’s held Riley back from reaching the same heights at USC as he had at Oklahoma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
A premise that had sounded a bit ridiculous—a trout mistaking my cast for an alighting insect—had been proven real.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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
This time there was no mistaking her anguish.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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