butchered
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"She's wearing the same outfit I wore. It's exactly the same joke, except she butchered the punchline."
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
Animal remains were also placed in the grave, including a butchered calf.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
Busy markets sold butchered meats and fast-wilting vegetables, horse carts clattered, children shouted, and men and women gossiped in coffeehouses and read from printed newspapers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
There's brilliance but there's also painful weakness - soft beginnings to Tests, panic when well on top, overplaying, error counts, poor discipline adding pressure, players going off script, chances butchered, lack of mental resilience.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
“Mr. Porfirio Mondaba?” the lady said, and it sounded like she totally butchered his name.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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