mistake
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But the mistake is thinking that this is a one-time affair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
You had time and a paycheck to help recover from every money mistake you made.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
"I just made too many stupid mistakes. But every time I made a stupid mistake, thankfully I made a birdie to sort of keep myself in it."
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Likewise, Lupita Nyong’o’s Helen is regal and formidable, but it’s a mistake to double-cast her as Helen’s twin sister, Clytemnestra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
My mouth went dry as I realized my mistake.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Quadir plans to hedge her new venture, Safkhet Sentinel, with a broad basket of positions, an effort to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
US software giant Microsoft told AFP it had built warnings about the risk of mistakes into its Copilot models.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
But in this report there is - again - an acknowledgement that recent editorial mistakes and scandals damaged the BBC's reputation last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
After the quarter-final, boss Thomas Tuchel said he was unhappy with England's performance, saying the team "got lucky", were "sloppy", made "a lot of technical mistakes" and were "not fast enough, not repetitive enough".
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
By the time I leave this island, I will fix all my mistakes and everyone around me will be happy.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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
In another close encounter, while filming underwater a hungry walrus mistook him for a seal and took hold of his legs.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
At least 59 detainees were freed because the system mistook them for other people.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
The detective believes Levine saw the bags Palacios was carrying and mistook him for a homeless person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
“I still can’t believe you mistook the Wicked Queen for Snow White! I mean, what were you thinking?!”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
The other half of the bracket definitely won’t be mistaken for a chess match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Greenspan is remembered for telling a member of Congress that if the lawmaker thought he understood what Greenspan was saying, he was certainly mistaken.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Jamal claimed in the French court that his had been a case of mistaken identity, but he was found guilty and told he faced deportation back to Iraqi Kurdistan after his release.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
If either he or Boll hoped Musk’s endorsement would boost the film’s profile, they’ll be sorely mistaken: Bot armies don’t pay to rent movies.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
In the case of the Azores this was mistaken, while it was correct in the case of Madeira, discovered—or rather rediscovered—around the same time, for it was known to Pliny and Plutarch.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
Sabrina Carpenter has apologized after sparking backlash for mistaking a Coachella fan’s traditional Arabic cheer for yodeling, which she described as “weird.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
A U.S. military investigation found that multiple human and systems errors had resulted in the strike team mistaking the building for a Taliban target.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026
There’s an obvious objection to all this: It sounds as if we’re naively personifying a giant math problem, mistaking statistical patterns for sentience—falling for the oldest anthropomorphic error in the book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
But when she’s with me, there’s no mistaking the fact that we belong together.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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