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

It was my first Valentine’s Day with my new girlfriend, and I was left scrambling when I realized my blunder too late to find a table anywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

The blunder was first reported by tech news outlet Bleeping Computer, which said it had seen a service alert confirming the issue.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

CBS looks to have made a strategic blunder when it announced plans last year to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” but decided to keep host Stephen Colbert on air until May 2026.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

From all the available evidence, there seemed to be little doubt that McCandless—rash and incautious by nature—had committed a careless blunder, confusing one plant for another, and died as a consequence.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer