blunder

The front page of the Daily Star carries a number of spoilers from the first episode of the new series of The Celebrity Traitors, declaring that it contains the "biggest ever show blunder".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Instead of owning the blunder, Schmitt doubled down.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Ravens got an emotional boost with their win off the Cowboys’ blunder, though they shouldn’t have lost to the Saints in Week 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

This isn’t the first time a blunder has cost a team a game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Nhamo saw Crocodile Guts packing a string bag: He put in a pipe, fishing lines, and a reed flute she remembered him playing as he waited for fish to blunder into his net.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Brown, the team’s high-profile offseason acquisition who suffered an ankle injury earlier in the game, Maye repeatedly forced throws that turned into costly blunders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

There were mighty blunders off the field too under Jarmond, including an email that went out to donors that came with an attachment revealing personal information and spending tallies of the department’s biggest donors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

It used to be far easier to spot computer-generated visual creations - often used by fraudsters - because AI would make blunders, like adding an extra finger or something else that was obviously weird.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

AI-generated blunders do not necessarily destroy a lawyer's case, French lawyer Damien Charlotin told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

He was patient enough with me and my blunders, but he seldom displayed any real warmth or friendliness.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

They assumed it sensed danger, but it was actually steering them: They blundered into a goose nest, scattering the frightened adults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

"It should have been drawn, but Ding blundered as the pressure grew."

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024

Further, prosecutors blundered in January 2023 by adding a “gun enhancement” when filing involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin and Gutierrez Reed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2024

Addressing some 100 C.I.A. officials on March 19, Mr. Burns acknowledged how the agency catastrophically blundered in its assessment that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2023

Naturally, never before having blundered onto such a wonderful sight, he couldn’t believe his eyes.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

When the toys use messaging apps to control their owners in ways that go terrifyingly unnoticed, humankind itself seems to be blundering about with its brain unplugged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

At the 1994 tournament in Linares, Spain, Mr. Kasparov—as the camera later showed—made a blundering move, let go of the piece, changed his mind and moved it back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

Her hopes of justice were raised ahead of the court case in 2003, only to be let down by legal "blundering".

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

Naive, blundering hobbyists and reckless pranksters can also veer into restricted airspace, setting off alarms and potentially shutting down airport traffic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

On the great beast thundered, blundering in blind wrath through pool and thicket.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien