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mistake

[mi-steyk] / mɪˈsteɪk /




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Now that I’ve laid out my budgeting baggage, we want to hear from you: What’s the biggest money mistake you’ve ever made?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Tottenham Hotspur's hierarchy have finally addressed the mistake they made with the outlandish appointment of Igor Tudor as interim head coach – but the stakes are now so high they cannot afford another.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

“Like this could be the biggest mistake we’ve ever made.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“I left to another part of Lebanon the last war and I regretted it. I won’t make the same mistake, and I trust the men who are fighting the Israelis,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Less like he was a mistake, a one-off that no one could explain.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste