errant
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Excuse them, like they popped out of his mouth like an errant burp.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
Now, he’s doing whatever he can to keep his fragile life’s work intact, knowing it is one errant aftershock away from shattering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
But he managed to recover from errant tee shots and duly attacked when in position.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
And if AI agents are not kept on course by a human, they could misunderstand an instruction and wander down an errant processing path, resulting in a business paying for wasted computing power.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
“Because this is not in the right place. See the fabric—it’s different,” and she thrusts the errant item up toward my chest.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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