Sentence examples for one-time mistake from inspiring English sources

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In some ways, that failure could be considered a one-time mistake.

It was not a "one-time mistake or the product of benign neglect," wrote the judge, Nicholas G. Garaufis of Federal District Court in Brooklyn.

According to Mr. Helgerson's report, C.I.A. officials "within hours" of the downing explained the accident as a one-time mistake in an otherwise sound counternarcotics program.

Freeman explained in a statement that he has attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and that he entered the drug program voluntarily to show that an episode of taking Ritalin instead of Adderall was a one-time mistake.

"I think everybody feels confident that it was a one-time mistake and Sammy is going to have to take whatever punishment, in the end, that the commissioner's office feels is appropriate," Hendry said.

But Paul Mirengoff of the conservative blog Power Line reacts with sadness, rather than partisan glee: "I hope that Spitzer's involvement with the prostitute was a one-time mistake, and not part of a pattern".

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I can't count the number of people who have said to me, "You're not really an alcoholic, are you?" Or the people who refuse to admit that my brother died because he was an addict, as if it was just a fluke thing -- a one time mistake and he overdosed.

Even if the affair was a "one time" mistake, the temptation to cheat again will always exist as long as the partner of your affair remains in your life.

Remember that there is a big difference between a one time mistake and a long term affair.

After the mishap at the Brenden Concord, the company's vice-president of operations, Walter Eichinger, said: "Playing that trailer was a one-time, honest mistake by a theatre manager moving screens around in an effort to accommodate several large, last-minute groups wanting to see Dory.

"I went door-knocking on my own one time – big mistake – and an elderly couple called the police because they thought I was trying to break in," she tells Guardian Australia.

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