by mistake
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Tansy pinned up her skirts and played along with us to make sure nobody kicked Little Britches in the head by mistake.
From Literature
"No one remained imprisoned by mistake: the people were released," said Morando.
From Barron's
Microsoft has acknowledged an error causing its AI work assistant to access and summarise some users' confidential emails by mistake.
From BBC
Petrecca had been a last-minute stand-in, because the original commentator was dropped for revealing a "sensational surprise" element of the ceremony by mistake.
From BBC
“Maybe you just deleted something by mistake. Did you check in the Delete file?”
From Literature
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