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made a mistake

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He told the HET he accepted he had made a mistake that night, but that it had been an honest one.

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Miss Steer told the panel in writing "she had made a mistake by drinking alcohol on shift and offering alcoholic drinks to her colleagues".

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"He went to get some rest but he made a mistake he lit a cigarette, someone saw the light from his cigarette and called the guards," he said.

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In an emergency appeal, the RNC lawyers said the justices should overturn a recent ruling by Pennsylvania’s state supreme court and forbid the counting of provisional ballots by voters who made a mistake in submitting their mail ballots.

He has frequently complained that he made a mistake in his first term by appointing aides like Kelly, Milley and Bolton, who believed it was their duty to restrain the president’s ill-considered impulses.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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