blunder
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Instead of owning the blunder, Schmitt doubled down.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Ravens got an emotional boost with their win off the Cowboys’ blunder, though they shouldn’t have lost to the Saints in Week 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
What a failure of judgment, of care; what a blunder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Naderi capitalised on a blunder from Motherwell goalkeeper Alex Paulsen to roll the ball into an empty net.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
They’d blunder along through the dark, willy-nilly, no sense of place or direction, probing for an enemy that nobody could see.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
There were mighty blunders off the field too under Jarmond, including an email that went out to donors that came with an attachment revealing personal information and spending tallies of the department’s biggest donors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Even as he ages, he never appears to learn from his blunders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
A horrific crime turned into a national scandal as France realised the scale of official blunders that had left Barella at liberty.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
It was one of the German chancellor’s worst strategic blunders.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
Henry Lynn has taken possession of an ottoman at the feet of Louisa: Adèle shares it with him: he is trying to talk French with her, and Louisa laughs at his blunders.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
She blundered on the Epstein files by boasting about big revelations that never materialized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
"It should have been drawn, but Ding blundered as the pressure grew."
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
Addressing some 100 C.I.A. officials on March 19, Mr. Burns acknowledged how the agency catastrophically blundered in its assessment that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2023
Like SVB, First Republic blundered into trouble as the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates almost 14 months ago.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2023
When a small fly blundered into the web, just beyond the word “pig,” Charlotte dropped quickly down, rolled the fly up, and carried it out of the way.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
Co-written and directed by France’s Olivier Assayas in an adaptation of the novel by Giuliano da Empoli, the movie has the blundering, obvious feel of a made-for-cable TV item from the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Her hopes of justice were raised ahead of the court case in 2003, only to be let down by legal "blundering".
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
“It’s true that by blundering about we stumbled on gold, but the fact remains that we were looking for gold.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
Naive, blundering hobbyists and reckless pranksters can also veer into restricted airspace, setting off alarms and potentially shutting down airport traffic.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
But he got up and came blundering on toward them.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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