mulligan

Example Sentences

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The FDA leaders now have a mulligan if they have the courage to correct their mistake that will cost the lives of cancer patients.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I spoke to someone once who played a round of golf with him, who told me that he had taken six mulligans on a single hole."

From BBC

Given the constitutional crisis the nation currently finds itself in, watching the men in “Sinners” readily accept the leadership of a qualified Black woman felt like a cinematic mulligan.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s as if MLS gave Colorado a mulligan and the way the game was played suffered as a result.

From Los Angeles Times

“In recent Pennsylvania elections, tens of thousands of ballots have been rejected for violating mandatory election rules — and voters got no mulligan in those elections.”

From Los Angeles Times