clumsy
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Mary, on the other hand, is a clumsy bird who, in Hadlow’s telling, becomes a perfectly capable duckling swimming fiercely amid a bevy of swans.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
A soldier made over $400,000 profiting from inside information on the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro — and made a clumsy attempt to cover it up, according to an indictment.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
To these flowers, you are simply “a clumsy pseudo-fungus carrying a mineral-rich watering can.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Government intervention was "clumsy and came too late," said Karen Bradley, chair of the Home Affairs Committee.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Then he ran forward down the road, very clumsy in his plastic suit, waving his arms.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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"Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen
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