bungle

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

I worried that it’d be complicated or that a service issue would bungle the beginning of our trip to the happiest place on Earth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

“Seems simple, don’t it? But I’m sure you’ll find a way to bungle it. ”

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo

Its title comes from a Delhi University slang: to "give it those ones" is to perform one's usual act - bungles included.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

The committee said some prominent bungles included flagging Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Rep. John Lewis for airport scrutiny because their identities mistakenly triggered the watchlist.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

Charlotte and George marry, then George immediately bungles their budding marital bliss.

From Salon ● May 6, 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

There is no room in it either for the idler who consumes but renders no service, or for the unskilled man who bungles a task to which he has not been trained.

From Britain at Bay by Spenser Wilkinson

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

The former Uvalde school-district police officer charged for his role in the bungled response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School was acquitted by a Texas jury on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

On the bungled hiring of a management team whose role was not entirely clear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

To make it worse, he bungled the patch job, and a couple of weeks later my ass started to rot away.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Bernthal, who plays Sonny, has his own wayward machismo and hapless sensitivity, the very qualities that made Al Pacino unforgettable in the role of the bungling bandit with a Catholic conscience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

The biggest problem was Mr. Carney’s bungling of Havel’s work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

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

Outside again, he spent a bungling five minutes sloppily tying the cords holding his suitcase together, and, when that was more or less accomplished, he hoisted the suitcase with a grunt and began walking west.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols