mistake
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“A small mistake all of the sudden turns into a really severe incident or crash and there is potential for serious injury,” Gwisdalla said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
“I think it may have been a mistake to name names,” Spero told me.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
Liverpool are flaky at the moment and Ibrahima Konate always seems off the pace at the back, and liable to make a mistake.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Mr. Nguyen persuasively shows how games can illuminate the distortions of modern life—especially our tendency to mistake scores for our true purposes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
So any little bad thing he ever done—a white lie here, a small mistake there—whirled through his mind as he twirled through the clouds.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing mistake
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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