bungle
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There are no lyrics to bungle or judgments about pitch, just the sensation of instantly getting on the same page with dozens of strangers and sensing the powerful community in that moment.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Might she get in front of a news camera, or on a debate stage, and bungle so badly that an adversary features her in an ad?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
So, yes, let’s hold college presidents’ feet to the fire when they bungle on a major issue.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
Do we have it in our power to choose comedy over catastrophe and thereby give ourselves another day to bungle along?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
They’re more likely to bungle the job than get it right.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Just think of the rows and bungles of the last seven weeks.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
Charlotte and George marry, then George immediately bungles their budding marital bliss.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
Compounding the bungles, the agency already has waived billions of dollars in overpayments, saying it’s money the state won’t try to collect.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
Worst of all, it operates in an accountability-free zone where even the biggest bungles carry no consequences.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2021
Take him with you, openly or secretly as you will, and if he bungles I shall deal with him.
From The Justice of the King by Hamilton Drummond
Neff led a bungled election integrity case at the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
On the hard-news side, she bungled big moments like an interview with Vladimir Putin, who batted away her questions about 2016 election meddling with an exasperated performance of ignorance.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
Her claims have triggered demonstrations, promises to tighten the law and criticism that Chancellor Friedrich Merz has bungled his response.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol capped a remarkable fall from grace on Thursday when he was sentenced to life imprisonment over his bungled efforts to impose military rule.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
“Didn’t you say that the whole affair had been bungled, and that you should have been given a free rein from the first?”
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
The Postal Service acknowledged in a Sept. 3 court filing that the portal wasn’t yet up and running, and an anonymous whistleblower said the agency was bungling the hasty rollout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
His true, bungling nature—something that’ll likely be on display as a gubernatorial candidate—shines through in the smaller moments.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025
The Lions completed a historic comeback, with a little help from a bungling David Campese.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
Funneled into the framework of a prom slasher, the bungling of "Fear Street: Prom Queen" feels downright pernicious.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
Hoover was careful not to disclose the bureau’s earlier bungling.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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