mistakenly
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He was so stricken when a local restaurant mistakenly grilled his food in butter, instead of oil, that he was unconscious when the ambulance arrived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks tissue around the joints, causing pain, swelling, stiffness, and potentially long-term damage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
But Olly - who has dealt with these before when he has mistakenly posted copyrighted material - says they are usually easy to deal with, and "you can easily tell the difference".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Last week, my Oura ring mistakenly logged a two-hour binge-watching session as time asleep because I was lying motionless in bed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
A large food processing company offered to buy the rights and sell the hot dogs in stores, but Milton, mistakenly thinking that popularity is eternal, rejected it.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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