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as in fumbled
to make a mistake
we badly erred when we calculated the driving distance
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as in fell
to commit an offense
when we err, we must be willing to accept the consequences
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Recent Examples of erred
This week, a circuit court judge granted a temporary stay, preventing student reassignments while the court considers whether the state board erred in dismissing the appeal.
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Caroline Foreback,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Two years ago, CMS had to redo Medicare Advantage star ratings after federal judges said the government erred with its original calculations.
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Bob Herman,
STAT,
18 June 2026
An error on a double-play ball right after put two on with nobody out, and another sacrifice bunt was erred on to score two more.
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Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
Fans who erred on the side of negativity because the losses came more frequently than the wins.
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Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
The Supreme Court, which heard arguments in the case in April, determined that the original court erred by allowing discrimination against one group because of potential harm to a larger group.
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Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
Fox also erred in not dismissing attempts by Magness and Lee Watson to intervene in the lawsuit, the attorney general’s office claimed, saying neither has standing to take part in the litigation, since they aren’t named as defendants in the case.
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Arkansas Online,
18 May 2026
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals responded a few days later by ruling the FDA erred by relaxing its regulations to allow for dispensing the pills by mail.
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Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
The organization claimed Republicans rushed the process and erred in assigning the neighborhood’s voting precinct to two congressional districts.
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Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
Caroline Foreback,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Two years ago, CMS had to redo Medicare Advantage star ratings after federal judges said the government erred with its original calculations.
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Bob Herman,
STAT,
18 June 2026
An error on a double-play ball right after put two on with nobody out, and another sacrifice bunt was erred on to score two more.
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Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
Fans who erred on the side of negativity because the losses came more frequently than the wins.
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Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
The Supreme Court, which heard arguments in the case in April, determined that the original court erred by allowing discrimination against one group because of potential harm to a larger group.
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Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
Fox also erred in not dismissing attempts by Magness and Lee Watson to intervene in the lawsuit, the attorney general’s office claimed, saying neither has standing to take part in the litigation, since they aren’t named as defendants in the case.
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Arkansas Online,
18 May 2026
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals responded a few days later by ruling the FDA erred by relaxing its regulations to allow for dispensing the pills by mail.
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Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
The organization claimed Republicans rushed the process and erred in assigning the neighborhood’s voting precinct to two congressional districts.
—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erred
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But in her concentration, Porsha fumbled her words, which made the Faithfuls, who were desperate for a crumb of evidence so early in the game, suspicious of her sincerity.
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Before that, Tampa Bay fumbled scoring opportunities in five of the first seven innings and stranded five overall.
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That the forest below has not been felled but has swelled, along with its creatures, is hugely the work of Dharana’s owners, the de Souza family.
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The most dangerous situation appeared to be on Barrington Avenue, west of East Dundee Village Hall, where a light, a utility pole and part of a parkway tree were felled by strong winds, leaving power lines dangling across the road.
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Once seen as the Fox News for the next generation of conservatives, the Daily Wire has stumbled over the last several years.
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Through a connection, Jobs stumbled upon what was then the computer animation division of Star Wars creator George Lucas’ production company Lucasfilm and was immediately impressed, wrote Walter Isaacson in his biography of the Apple cofounder.
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The mother had also requested that Field be trespassed from the property.
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Emory claimed that day that those arrested were outsiders who trespassed on school property.
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On occasion, reporters quite literally tripped and fell over tripods and camera setups while the unfazed athletes answered a line of seemingly never-ending rapid-fire questions.
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Pulisic left that game with an injury to his right leg after being tripped by Australian defender Jason Geria.
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The 1,200-pound giraffe, named Gracie, wandered away from her unfenced habitat at Cedar Hollow Ranch in Leakey, Texas, on June 12.
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At the time, the ranch said the giraffe had likely slipped through an enclosure gate and wandered into surrounding private ranchland.
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Rubio is the president’s top adviser on both national security and diplomacy at a moment when the United States has blundered into an unpopular war that appears to be a strategic catastrophe.
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Padres fielders blundered in three of his outings.
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Finally, the report argues that Yale has strayed from its focus on rigor and academic excellence.
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She’s strayed only a few times, trying other brands and Brooks styles, but always goes back to this specific style.
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“Erred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erred. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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