blunder

Example Sentences

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Maybe not switching sooner was a blunder, but you are on the right track to correcting that.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

The best picture blunder has kept “Moonlight” and “La La Land” under the microscope for nine years now, and made the incident the blueprint for each ensuing Oscar season’s inevitable drama.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Some might call the stalemate and the passion and the thud and blunder compelling, but you have low expectations if that's the case.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

She is not the only interviewee to cite something that comes across as more of a wistful regret than an actual blunder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

But it would have been more likely for a whale to blunder its way down Parker Head unnoticed than for this decision to be held secret until Sunday.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt