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Kurosawa’s original film follows an executive at a Yokohama shoe company who becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
With many constitutional rights suspended under El Salvador’s years-long state of emergency, some people have been detained by mistake, President Nayib Bukele has admitted; several thousand of them have already been released.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
An 'administrative error': A Maryland dad was sent to El Salvador prison by mistake.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
He was distressed about a 29-year-old migrant father sent to a Salvadoran prison by mistake.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
With many constitutional rights suspended under El Salvador’s years-long state of emergency, some people have been detained by mistake, President Nayib Bukele has admitted; several thousand of them have already been released.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
An 'administrative error': A Maryland dad was sent to El Salvador prison by mistake.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
He was distressed about a 29-year-old migrant father sent to a Salvadoran prison by mistake.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for by mistake
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“By mistake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20mistake. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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