Example Sentences

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Though the sackings were necessary Mr Garg said he accepted he had "blundered the execution" and "embarrassed" staff.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2022

The second point, lost in the shuffle, is that Netflix quickly wised up and recognized it had blundered.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2020

Responding to the online tempest, Mr. Herbert acknowledged on Twitter that the cafe had blundered: “Hmmm. We clearly drank too much of our own product and lost sight of what makes our community great.”

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2017

Sensing that his Scottish enemies had blundered at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, Oliver Cromwell said, “The Lord hath delivered them into our hands.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2017

Now there were rumors: a terrible defeat, someone had blundered, two hundred thousand Rebs, the Eleventh Corps had deserted.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara