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• The missile can’t be fired in the heat of the moment or by mistake, the court said.
  — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• But that was done by mistake and Brown repaid the money to the city last fall.
  — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2024
• One of his friends had gone to Mission Navy Yard by mistake.
  — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
• That fear drove the 84-year-old to shoot the teenager, Ralph Yarl, who had rang Lester’s doorbell by mistake.
  — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
• One of them, by mistake, had a hole in the back that turned out to be useful for popping out a ponytail.
  — Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
• These claimants are not accused of fraud, but rather were given too much money by mistake, through no fault of their own.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• Yarl’s family said the teenager was picking up his younger siblings and went to the wrong house by mistake.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• In case of any errors during setup, make sure your kit comes with plugsto stop up holes made by mistake.
  — Laura Duerr, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
• In each incident, someone came to the home or vehicle of a stranger by mistake.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
• Even Leo now assumes that his dad shot him not by mistake, but to stop Leo from telling anyone that his house was paid for with drug money by Gene.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023
• Powell first thought the homely wooden figurines – a man and a woman – were put in his mailbox by mistake.
  — Laura Colvin, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
• Three of the hostages are known to have been shot by Israel’s military by mistake, and many more are thought to have been killed by Israel’s own bombardments.
  — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024
• Phillips had shot Dolce by mistake, according to the affidavit, while aiming for the driver.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
• Switch on the air exchanger in the ripening room by mistake so that more oxygen flows around the cheese and suddenly molds will sprout that haven’t been there before.
  — Ute Eberle, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
• Just as easily, Fields could slip up about her son, either by mistake or as a benefit to her own game.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
• Every car color, every wall that the actors walked in front of, was by design — nothing was by mistake.
  — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2024
• Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake, according to two people familiar with the moves.
  — Kurt Wagner, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2022
• The supporting actress mix-up was edited out of the BBC broadcast so people at home didn’t see Carey’s name being read by mistake.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 20 Feb. 2023
• Tara is also on a personal quest to find a cure to save her grandfather, who has turned himself into a dog by mistake.
  — John Bleasdale, Variety, 12 June 2023
• Members of a Red Oak, Iowa, family were able to escape their burning home after a driver, who’d wound up on their street by mistake, saw the flames and rushed to wake them up.
  — David Williams, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
• Musk laid off about half of them barely a week later, but the company asked back dozens who apparently were laid off by mistake.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2022
• As a bonus, the strap could create an extra layer of security so your luggage doesn’t pop open in the shuffle or get taken by a stranger by mistake.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2024
• In this setup, a bad actor sends money to a person’s account then contacts them asking the funds be returned because they were sent by mistake.
  — Emily Mason, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• Pritz said the campaign used the wrong logo on the flyer by mistake, but had used the correct logo on its website and other communications.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Last year, another man who was released by mistake from a Los Angeles jail was free for around three weeks before he was recaptured.
  — NBC News, 8 Apr. 2022
• However, we are not called the United States of America by mistake or happenstance.
  — David Baldacci, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• Fortunately, Phil’s room is built like his home and the only danger of water getting on the new LVP flooring is from a window left open by mistake during a rainstorm.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
• The advance notice apparently came from a news release sent out early by mistake.
  — David Keyton, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
• Make sure to properly identify the type of tree or shrub before collecting branches or leaves to avoid touching a poisonous variety by mistake.
  — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024
• While invasive species have a bad reputation, Lower likes to remind people that these plants, fish and other organisms are here because of human activity, even if by mistake.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024