blunder
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The i says a "blunder over funding teacher pay rises" means school budgets are "set for squeeze".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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
To state the obvious, Manning’s blunder is not in the area code of French’s tweet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Atticus, the state’s not getting a conviction in that case was our worst blunder since Pickett’s Charge.”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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In the process, said current and former employees and investors interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, the highflying company has struggled with compliance failures, legal challenges and software blunders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 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
Judge Linda Kevins of New York State's Supreme Court warned in a January ruling that such blunders wasted the time and money of both the opposing party and the court.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
A horrific crime turned into a national scandal as France realised the scale of official blunders that had left Barella at liberty.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The urge to catalog the myriad blunders in order to “learn from the mistakes” is for the most part an exercise in denial and self-deception.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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Instead, the Eagles had to kickoff with eight seconds to go, and they blundered again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
"It should have been drawn, but Ding blundered as the pressure grew."
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 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
Barely a week after setting a franchise record with 111 regular-season victories, the biggest winners in Dodgers history have blundered into a vastly different moniker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
I blundered through the darkness, crashing through the underbrush.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Co-written and directed by France’s Olivier Assayas in an adaptation of the novel by Giuliano da Empoli, the movie has the blundering, obvious feel of a made-for-cable TV item from the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 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
He said Grok's "unrecognizable" and "blundering" play enabled o3 to claim a succession of "convincing wins".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
Steve Carell, the screen actor best known for his breakout role as a blundering boss in the NBC comedy “The Office,” will make his Broadway debut in a revival of the Chekhov classic “Uncle Vanya.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
But it was no good blundering on through the dark either.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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