Word: slip-up
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...yesterday, the Democrats set to work at making political capital out of the slip...
...football coach, echoed Restic's sentiments. "I thought it was in very poor taste and showed very poor judgment," he said. And Yale Athletic Department Director Joe Ryan added that this "was not something which should be promoted. It wasn't supervised and there could have been a slip...
...district have been enhanced by a split in the opposition reflecting the disarray that also prevails in India's other major political parties. Facing Gandhi are a former Maharani, Vijaya Reje Scindia, on the Janata ticket, and Mahipal Singh Shastri, representing Lok Dal. But in case of a slip-up in Rae Bareli, Gandhi has taken the precaution of running in a second constituency, in Andhra Pradesh, the only one of India's states that Gandhi's party now rules...
Though the job had been well planned and executed, too many people were involved to ensure escape and retirement to the good, respectable life. The major slip-up occurred when the man hired to clean up the evidence at the farmhouse did not get there before the police. An alert detective rightly interpreted the gang's parting warning to their victims ("Don't move for half an hour") as meaning that the robbers and the unwieldy sacks of cash were concealed in the vicinity...
...going to be "any problems" on the slopes. My father would become very angry at anyone who had the nerve to warn him that his or her boots were probably three sizes too small. Of course, there are absolutely no places to buy ski boots on Christmas. So the slip-up would invariably mean a quick trip to the local ski outfitting shop the next morning, meaning we'd be off to a late start, meaning...