mistake

If you have $35,000 in credit-card debt, not only should you cut up your cards, you should take the pieces and burn them on a pyre and vow never to make this mistake again.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Make no mistake this Argentina squad is built around Messi.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Paying peak multiples for “proven” assets is another mistake, says Ablin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

“I think it would be a huge mistake for America not to work with Ukraine in the drone space,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

So is “Why, it seems I’ve taken your saddle by mistake, Miss Pevington; how could I be such a dunce?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The album has a broad theme of responsibility, as Abrams accepts blame for her mistakes, without letting others off the hook.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

"I think he's made mistakes with the squad selection," Rooney said.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

US software giant Microsoft told AFP it had built warnings about the risk of mistakes into its Copilot models.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

But to supporters, these mistakes are a small price to pay to never hear the words “VAR controversy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

I liked them before, but now when I look at them, all I see is mistakes.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

During a nighttime field survey, researchers initially mistook the animal for a mushroom, highlighting just how convincing its disguise is.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

At least 59 detainees were freed because the system mistook them for other people.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

This time it hit after he booted his own center Steven Jamerson II from a game at Michigan State on Feb. 17, overreacting because he mistook a clean basketball play for something else.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026

Characterized as “myths,” for example, were the age-old beliefs that Native Americans mistook the conquistadors for gods, and that a mere handful of Spaniards toppled great empires with ease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Gobbling their chow, they sometimes twittered in tones musical enough that people mistook them for little girls.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Police later said it was a case of mistaken identity after disinformation was spread online.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

As if not wanting to be mistaken for any sort of Good Time, the series presents itself in a desaturated palette, through what can feel at times like a scrim of dust.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The other half of the bracket definitely won’t be mistaken for a chess match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Greenspan is remembered for telling a member of Congress that if the lawmaker thought he understood what Greenspan was saying, he was certainly mistaken.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

“Furthermore,” said Eilonwy, “you’re mistaken if you think I’m going to go marching through the woods in the middle of the night.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan each pursued compromise as an end, thus mistaking delay for statesmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

This is an easy category error for anyone to make when talking about tourism, mistaking a country’s boundless beauty and hospitality toward visitors for anything else.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said some outlets accused Hegseth of mistaking Jackson’s Golden Globe-winning performance with actual scripture, and called that narrative “fake news.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

A U.S. military investigation found that multiple human and systems errors had resulted in the strike team mistaking the building for a Taliban target.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

This time there was no mistaking the smile.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson