blunder
Example Sentences
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He reportedly disliked the constant and later referred to it as his "biggest blunder."
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026
The blunder was made by Rahmi Koc at the opening of a hospital in the western resort city of Izmir late Friday, but when the footage started circulating online it caused a backlash.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
Mike Trout presumably has witnessed every possible blooper, blunder and boo-boo in 16 seasons with the woeful Angels.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
He is enmeshed in the consequences of the gross blunder he made by going to war assuming an easy victory.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
As she said this, her voice lilted with sarcasm, as if this blunder, after everything else—after joking about the Holocaust and glancing at her test—was too much and she was done with me.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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