mistake

To its credit, it was impossible to mistake the Cybertruck for anything else.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

The other potential mistake is to be right for the wrong reason.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Every time she make a mistake, Booker told Anderson, she would beat herself up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Reading the results in this way is a mistake.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

I couldn’t help wondering if it was a mistake somehow, if Luc had misspoken.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Hadjar had every bit as much pace as Verstappen, but was not as consistent and made too many mistakes, and within 10 laps the team leader was on the Frenchman's tail.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

"That could have been a historic win for us but you've got to be good enough to take advantage of those mistakes," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Hunt credits Anderson’s maturity not just for her ability to get over those bumps in the road, but also for her desire to learn from her mistakes while celebrating her achievements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

He has denied wrongdoing, while acknowledging mistakes outside his marriage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

“I can’t stay long. They’ll be worrying where I am, and that’s when mistakes get made.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Like many, she initially mistook the rifle shots for fireworks.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Our enemies mistook our vibrant democracy for weakness and a lack of cohesion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

He said afterward that he mistook the plastic fork for a weapon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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

“You quite mistook Mr. Darcy. He only meant that there was not such a variety of people to be met with in the country as in town, which you must acknowledge to be true.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Prof Peter Johnson, NHS England's national clinical director for cancer, said detecting abdomen cancer early was "notoriously difficult" because symptoms can easily be mistaken for other less serious conditions.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

If a household or business borrows “under a mistaken belief about how policymakers will or won’t move interest rates, that mistake could prove costly,” Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said in a speech this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Iowa is not likely to be mistaken for France anytime soon, but Lahn’s version of conservatism is still very European.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

That category extends beyond generative AI, so the percentage should not be mistaken for a precise measure of AI exposure.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

He shook his head, like jumbling his thoughts would make them fall clearer, let him see that he was mistaken.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

Despite his calm expression, there's no mistaking the urgency in his voice.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir