by mistake

Example Sentences

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Kimi tucking back in and locking the tyres could have ended in a double DNF and not because of, you know, over-aggressive driving each other, simply by mistake.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Well, dear reader, I took a break, too—from What’s News—to write about great innovations that were discovered by mistake.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

When these files were released, a number of things seemed to have been released by mistake.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

For more than an hour, Trump repeatedly called Greenland Iceland by mistake, while demanding it be turned over to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Once the safe got locked by mistake and no one knew the combination.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck