botch
Example Sentences
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But ongoing controversy with a government-funded insulation scheme, ECO, involving botch installations, has led to the scheme not being extended.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
After deciding on Hutchins, Souza said he told the film’s producers and production managers to hire her: “Please don’t botch the deal because she’s really great.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024
He’ll botch a gig over his annoyance at not being allowed to call a stranger by a pet name she reserves for her closest friend.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024
The botch required the rescoring of 300,000 exams, scholastic victims of the knotty coin rotation paradox.
From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023
What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing botch
Awkward Moments
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