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blunder

[bluhn-der] / ˈblʌn dər /




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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

Investors saw the deal as a lifeline for the American chip pioneer, which had fallen steeply behind in the artificial-intelligence-chip race — another blunder on top of years of management miscalculations.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

He hated the chaplain venomously for being a chaplain and making a coarse blunder out of an observation that in any other circumstances, he knew, would have been considered witty and urbane.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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