Sentence examples for blunder committed by from inspiring English sources

They are also in danger of repeating the massive blunder committed by the vice president Al Gore in the 2000 US presidential election, when instead of running on the highly successful record of the administration of which he had been a part, he ran away from it.

The game was memorable for the blunder committed by Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett, who called a time-out to "ice" his own kicker on a potential game-winning field goal.

With clarity, elegance and wit, Anthony King and Ivor Crewe recall the most egregious blunders committed by British governments over the last three decades.

Unsettled because of the public relations blunders committed by big Japanese companies like Bridgestone, Mitsubishi Motors and Snow Brand in recent weeks, Japanese managers are scrambling to learn how to avoid the appearance of looking irresponsible and uncaring.

In a study designed to clarify and extend previous research on social blunders in social anxiety, 32 participants with social anxiety disorder (SAD), 25 anxious control (AC) participants with anxiety disorders other than SAD, and 25 healthy control (HC) participants with no history of anxiety problems estimated the costs of hypothetical blunders committed by either themselves or by others.

Possibly the most egregious blunder was committed by the casino mogul Steve Wynn, who elbowed Picasso's 1932 masterpiece Le Rêve.

Can we extricate ourselves from the blunder we committed by invading Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with the events of 9/11?

Miroff, a political science professor at the State University of New York at Albany, reminds us gently that the real blunder was committed by the 47 million voters who re-elected Richard Nixon in a 49-state landslide.

As usual, the United States was the lead player, but it is responsible for the major blunder committed when, after the initial victory, European allies sought desperately to shore up security beyond Kabul by sending troops to outlying provinces.

"Hamilton made no blunders, committed no frauds.

However, there was greater public outrage over blunders committed in the 1856 Crimean War.