by mistake
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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
"No one remained imprisoned by mistake: the people were released," said Morando.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
Scotland just could not get themselves into Italian territory often enough, laboured running hampered by mistake after mistake.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
When these files were released, a number of things seemed to have been released by mistake.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
“It’s a suburb of the world of the dead. Sometimes the living come here by mistake, but they have to wait in the holding area before they can go on.”
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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