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error

[er-er] / ΛˆΙ›r Ι™r /


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Nvidia is a big winner so far, but if it makes an error it can’t recover from, it will be game over.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The commission conceded a procedural error in how it dealt with the annual application for permission to walk along the Garvaghy Road.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

But it leaves the company with vanishingly little room for error as it tries to stay at the forefront of the AI boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

He also showed some hustle, turning a should-be groundout into a two-bagger in the eighth after an error by Pirates first baseman Rafael Flores Jr.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

I do not wish to omit an important issue, and an error from which princes protect themselves with difficulty if they are not extremely prudent, or if they do not make good choices.

From "The Prince" by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli

The way the central couple navigates the twists, turns, roadblocks and unforced errors that entangle their budding relationship is the beating heart of these films.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

It found one of the most egregious errors occurred when air traffic controllers gave clearance to the fire truck crew to cross the runway while the jet was approaching.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

While finding that his care home had made some errors, she concluded that their actions had not contributed to his death.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

A publisher pulled his 2012 book, “The Jefferson Lies,” which claimed Thomas Jefferson was a conventional Christian, after a number of errors were alleged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Because Warren Harding errors, it turns out, play an enormous, largely unacknowledged role in the car-selling business.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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