indiscretion

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Years later, he literally mobilized an army to prevent that brief indiscretion from destroying his political ambitions.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

“They’ve forced a recounting of all the times the royal family and the palace press have covered up, often with outright lies, scandal, indiscretion and health scares,” wrote Times culture critic Mary McNamara last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2024

“Kevin had a major indiscretion that he will have to deal with for the rest of his life. An indiscretion that I will not deal with,” Williams told The New York Times.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2024

Former chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma in a moment of indiscretion revealed that Bumrah might have been played too early following his injury when he bowled in the T20 against Australia.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023

Every thing declared it; his own attentions, his father’s hints, his mother-in-law’s guarded silence; it was all in unison; words, conduct, discretion, and indiscretion, told the same story.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen