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has erred

  • present perfect of err (3rd person singular).

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But it is an unusually prominent illustration of how a victim’s putative rights can override the interests of justice, even on those rare occasions when the state admits it has erred.

From Slate Mar. 29, 2023

In overseeing freight rail, our government has erred on the side of efficiency versus safety.

From Washington Post Feb. 16, 2023

"We are not satisfied with the ruling and we believe the court has erred in analysing the evidence we had provided," said Jebra Kambole, who represented the Maasai in the interim ruling.

From Reuters Sep. 30, 2022

Within the White House, aides describe a nearly paralytic inability to tell Mr. Trump that he has erred or gone too far on Twitter.

From New York Times Mar. 21, 2017

I wonder if Mazen's man has erred, trying to bargain higher.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir