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.
"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
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