gaffe

making a gaffe during an important presentation

politicians often make gaffes during interviews

she made a gaffe by calling her boss by the wrong name

avoiding social gaffes at a formal dinner

apologizing for a public gaffe

making a gaffe in front of a large audience

celebrities often face backlash for their gaffes on social media

recovering from a career-ending gaffe

a simple gaffe can sometimes have serious consequences

learning from past gaffes to avoid repeating them

These happen when someone commits a social gaffe.

He also often uses note cards to avoid verbal gaffes.

Even careful presidents make gaffes under constant scrutiny.

But he's also drawn scrutiny for a series of recent verbal gaffes, including comments on helping the poor.

Such gaffes and inexperience made Mr Kaczynski easy to lampoon.

He's 77. And he's also prone to gaffes.

He is, it is true, known for gaffes, though these are often overstated.

These sorts of gaffes don't seem to have mattered in the past to Biden voters.

This is why they considered it a political gaffe, because most Americans think themselves as extremely hardworking.

Mr Akin later said he meant forcible, not legitimate, but the gaffe probably cost him the election.