Mistake
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1844 examples of Mistake in a sentence
But it is now widely accepted that the way in which the US negotiated its way into war was a
mistake
– one that has cost it enormous credibility as a negotiating partner.
The nature of illusion is that we
mistake
what we perceive for reality.
Today, as recent events have shown, isolation is – more often than not – a mistake, an unenviable condition resulting from failed policies.
That would be a tragic mistake, with far-reaching geopolitical consequences.
And it is a grave
mistake
to think that this can be achieved without a political solution to the conflict in Syria – the conflict that enabled the organization’s explosive growth.
Given this, underestimating Trump would be a huge mistake; he will always prove stronger, more slippery, and more enduring than expected.
The US cannot afford to make the same
mistake.
But it would be a terrible
mistake
simply to super-size the IMF in its current guise by greatly scaling up its lending facilities, as many propose.
As tempting as it may be to ramp up IMF lending on a long-term basis, this would be a strategic
mistake
for both the world and the Fund.
The West’s biggest
mistake
regarding Russia and Ukraine was to choose the path of indifference after the end of the Cold War.
Trump is making a
mistake.
Britain and other countries must now learn from, rather than repeat, the Thatcher government’s
mistake.
It appears that Israel is making the same
mistake
that others have made in the past.
Creditors will likely insist that the default was a terrible
mistake
and argue that recovery is impossible unless the decision is quickly reversed.
But make no mistake: the EU is well into an era of disintegration.
This would be a mistake, as I argue in my new book on European security, The Dawn of Peace in Europe.
Make no mistake: a data-sharing requirement is essentially a stick.
For all of these reasons, the ECB’s direct purchase of high-yield sovereign bonds to limit their interest rates would be a
mistake.
It would also be a
mistake
to do this indirectly by another trillion-euro long-term refinancing operation aimed at encouraging commercial banks to buy those bonds.
And it would be a
mistake
to allow the ESM to have a banking license so that it can borrow from the ECB, greatly increasing its purchase of peripheral countries’ bonds.
Beginning with Deng Xiaoping, the post-Mao regime has worked hard to ensure the physical security of its top officials, thereby avoiding Mao’s
mistake
of turning internal power struggles into life-and-death contests in which nobody is safe.
Our brains are primed to register such events; so on rare occasions the brain makes a
mistake
and reconstructs unrelated sounds (such as people talking indistinctly) into a false perception of the spoken name.
It is a big mistake, in my view, to blame Russia's problems on the "speed" of its economic reforms, especially since there were so few actual reforms!
People like Dawkins, and the Creationists for that matter, make a
mistake
about the purposes of science and religion.
Huntington’s mistake, it seems, was to contain the West inside national borders: there is no map of the West.
Make no mistake: what is happening in Ukraine is Russian aggression.
Of course, it is critical to avoid repeating the
mistake
that was made in 2009, when EU leaders embraced rapid fiscal consolidation before the recovery had gained its legs.
Ignoring the lessons of the recent crash would be a serious
mistake
– one that China’s pragmatic and tenacious authorities will be determined to avoid.
Even if it were possible to slow the pace of change, succumbing to that temptation would be a
mistake.
This is a tragic mistake, one that results from a misunderstanding of the challenges facing Africa and of America’s responsibilities.
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