mistake

"If they act, I think they will be making a big mistake," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The agency posted to X on Friday: “We have corrected this mistake and apologize for deadnaming the lake.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

That was a mistake, said John Bellinger, former senior legal adviser at the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

But make no mistake: by dialing up their otherwise elegant chamber pop with a little extra crunch and distortion, the players of Not for Radio came ready to rock out with the Daisy Chain crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

I don’t want to make a mistake, but I have no idea where it should go.

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

Warsh was “walking back his communication mistakes in July,” Kopelman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

If someone is confident in their abilities, it’s much easier for them to accept responsibility for their mistakes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

The Warriors made so many mistakes last week they needed three overtimes to beat Newbury Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

They are fast-paced, overwhelming, and chaotic, and public health officials inevitably make mistakes.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

I don’t make any mistakes, the same as Madge.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Gaik Pobokhian, when she mistook the gas and brake pedals and hit the gas pedal “way too hard.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Among the most heartbreaking finds were remains in a paper bag that police mistook for a baby bird.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

No one mistook us for anything other than what we were.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

But it doesn’t pay to be mistaken about what’s driving those costs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

This time, Bilt cardholders received mistaken debt collection notices and saw their credit scores go down as a result, sparking more embarrassing news stories and angry complaints.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

It’s the mistaken belief that, after a coin comes up heads several times in a row, the chances of it coming up heads on the next flip are particularly low.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

Nicholson and Kuniskis also said the perception that smaller, turbocharged engines aren’t as reliable as V-8s is mistaken.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

I had thought he would hardly speak to me, and I was certain he had given up the pursuit of his matrimonial scheme: the sequel showed I was mistaken on both points.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Over his four seasons as USC’s coach, there’s no mistaking what’s held Riley back from reaching the same heights at USC as he had at Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 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

You might be forgiven for mistaking this as a nightclub but the 50 people - mostly women - are here for an hour of cardio and strengthening.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 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

But on days like this, there was no mistaking it for anything but ice.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin