by mistake
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Kimi tucking back in and locking the tyres could have ended in a double DNF and not because of, you know, over-aggressive driving each other, simply by mistake.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Well, dear reader, I took a break, too—from What’s News—to write about great innovations that were discovered by mistake.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
When these files were released, a number of things seemed to have been released by mistake.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
For more than an hour, Trump repeatedly called Greenland Iceland by mistake, while demanding it be turned over to him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
In fact, much of his training was to avoid making them by mistake.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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