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as in to stumble
to make a mistake
we badly erred when we calculated the driving distance
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as in to trespass
to commit an offense
when we err, we must be willing to accept the consequences
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Chris Delmas | Afp | Getty Images But Judge Jia Cobb in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., ruled last month that the the regulator had erred in finding that KalshiEx’s congressional contracts involved gaming or gambling.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
The preparations, as two sources described it, also led to establishing around-the-clock staffing for weeks to monitor for any uploads of Israeli hostages and err toward removals.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 2 July 2024
But Dartmouth contends Sacks erred in her interpretation of employment.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2024
But that conviction was overturned in April after a state appellate court, in a 4-3 decision, determined the judge had erred by allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.
—Adam Reiss, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
The preparations, as two sources described it, also led to establishing around-the-clock staffing for weeks to monitor for any uploads of Israeli hostages and err toward removals.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 2 July 2024
But Dartmouth contends Sacks erred in her interpretation of employment.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2024
But that conviction was overturned in April after a state appellate court, in a 4-3 decision, determined the judge had erred by allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.
—Adam Reiss, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
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The costume designer had stumbled across a documentary about mushrooms.Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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Exhausted and hungry, the prospectors stumbled into Dawson City in the late summer of 1898 after a grueling journey—and found what must have seemed a mirage.Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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On their way to check out their family property, a group of teenagers trespassed on the land of a nearby house, home of the monstrous, chainsaw-wielding Leatherface.Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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People threw at least three green flares onto the field, stopping play, and a pair of fans trespassed the diamond in the ninth inning before security guards tackled them.Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2024
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Carolina players also showed some frustration just before Sutton fumbled the ball at the goal line with 2 minutes, 13 seconds remaining.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2024
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Corey Ballentine was also credited with fumbling a punt, but that mishap happened when return man Keisean Nixon pulled away at the last minute.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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To settle in for the show, wander along to Café Hafa.Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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And George wandering past shops where a mural of masters and slaves makes the nation’s colonialist legacy seem quaint.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Even trips home from mundane places that don’t demand performance or the luxury will be enhanced by M power.Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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One survey of 2,561 DMT users found that more than half who identified as atheists before their DMT trips no longer identified as atheist afterward.Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Drawing from his own experiences growing up in South Africa, Noah explores the universal tensions between parents and children, particularly the disconnect that can occur when understanding falls short.Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Oct. 2024
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Bayern did equalize through Harry Kane but then fell apart as Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski put Barça 3-1 up by the break.Ben Church, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
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November and December are shaping up to be important transitional months for you that may take the form of rerouting your internal GPS after blundering wildly off course.Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
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Each encounter is an invitation to panic and blunder, and be forced to repeat it.Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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With source material that’s stranger than fiction, how far did Woman of the Hour stray from actual events?Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
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Intelligence alone, without a guiding moral framework, can easily stray off course, risking harm or unintended consequences.Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Err.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/err. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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