Sentence examples for a stunning mistake from inspiring English sources

LIRON GITIG White Plains, Sept. 23, 2011   To the Editor: The Obama administration has made a stunning mistake in opposing the United Nations' establishment of a Palestinian state, promised long ago.

But because the clerical mistake appeared to be a stunning error, not policy, it ended up at center stage.

"What a stunning historic mistake," he said at a news conference in Jerusalem.

Netanyahu has come out as one of the staunchest opponents of the agreements with Iran, calling the move a "stunning, historic mistake".

Yes, Bernanke made one stunning mistake of judgment; he did not rescue Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy, and this omission caused a horrific ripple effect that froze money markets across the globe and caused investors to lose some grandiose amounts.

They listened, were moved, and made some stunning mistakes, like when they diverted resources from a war that mattered to mount an unnecessary foreign invasion.

Over all, the picture for America in 2012 bears a stunning resemblance to the great mistake of 1937, when F.D.R. prematurely slashed spending, sending the U.S. economy — which had actually been recovering fairly fast until that point — into the second leg of the Great Depression.

The home side barely had time to celebrate before on-loan midfielder Guedioura atoned for his mistake by producing a stunning 35-yard strike to equalise.

But Atletico have made mistakes of their own, and Willy Cabellero made a stunning save, and somehow it all comes down to this.

As it demonstrated against Portugal during the group stages, and against Brazil in a stunning semifinal, the Germans counterattack at great pace and punish mistakes mercilessly.

He'd make a stunning laser throw one moment and then overreach and with a mistaken throw to allow runners to advance the next.