mistake
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Appeared in the January 28, 2026, print edition as 'Venezuela Can Learn From an Iraq Mistake'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
“I’m really sorry for him and obviously his team. Mistake on my behalf. I feel frustrated for obviously wrecking our car and his car as well.”
From Washington Times • Jun. 17, 2023
Alina Tugend, a New York-based journalist, is the author of the book “Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong.”
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022
Wholesale Clearance, which deals in bankrupt stock and discontinued lines, has stepped in to sell the commemorative items - with the products advertised as "Souvenir Stock with Slight Typo Mistake".
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2022
Dobyns belonged to a research team led by his doctoral advisor, Allan R. Holmberg of Cornell, the Holmberg after whom I have unkindly named Holmberg's Mistake.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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