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
When these files were released, a number of things seemed to have been released by mistake.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
But the lawsuit claimed Google Assistant would sometimes turn on by mistake - the phone thinking someone had said its activation phrase when they had not - and recorded conversations intended to be private.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
The book I was reading was this book I took out of the library by mistake.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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