mistake

The advertising agency has since acknowledged its mistake and refunded the money.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

But make no mistake, it’s entirely possible that her first day briefing the White House press will also be her best day.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

And in a setting where a mistranslated word can mean the difference between an accurate diagnosis and a dangerous mistake, the consequences can be severe—or even deadly.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

That’s either a masterful, high-stakes long game of passive-aggressive behavior or a level of stubbornness and unwillingness to acknowledge a mistake that is quickly and badly damaging the show’s reputation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Too late I realize my mistake: In the newspaper where his death was announced, Mrs. Dannenberg’s son was listed by his given name, Charles.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

“Product-planning mistakes are not fixed easily or quickly,” said Oxcap analyst Stuart Pearson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

When doctors reviewed translations with high quality scores, they also found small but frequent mistakes in medication instructions, as well as in warnings about when to urgently return to the ER.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

He admitted to "unacceptable mistakes" without mentioning any specific cases.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Against Henderson, the Dodgers took advantage of mistakes by the Brewers’ usually fundamentally sound defense to score four runs against him, only two of which were earned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Her fingers were sure and worked quickly without any mistakes.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

He was tricked into surrendering when he mistook Ukrainian soldiers for his Russian allies.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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

Mott set off a security alarm when he jumped the fence, but the operator on duty mistook the cause of the alert as a herd of deer just outside the fence.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 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

Mouse mistook my toe for a mole crab, and I used the excuse to duck away and off down the beach to sit by myself for a while.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

Popular student leader Neha Bora became a viral sensation after a case of mistaken identity led to police detaining her lookalike.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

However, he warned that some poisonous species, including the brown roll-rim, can be mistaken for edible mushrooms.

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

Let’s count the ways conventional wisdom could prove mistaken.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Sometime between 1534 and 1549 Jean Taisnier, a musician and mathematician, remarked that Aristotle was sometimes mistaken; he was challenged by a representative of the pope to produce a convincing example of Aristotle being wrong.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

With Richards’s gnarled, withering guitar lines and Jagger drawling and declaiming, there’s no mistaking the band behind “Foreign Tongues.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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

There was no mistaking the pure delight I saw spread across his face as he knelt in front of the panel.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam