flub

Example Sentences

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Intel’s stock has crashed 17%, wiping out more than $46 billion in market value, since executives revealed the flub on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

The “Cold Mountain” gaffe was a rare instance of a “Good Hang” research flub, one that inadvertently managed to illuminate more of Paltrow’s self-perception.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2026

The Tony Award winner, whose name was infamously mangled by John Travolta during the 2014 Oscars telecast, is laughing at the infamous flub a decade later.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2024

“When I see somebody make a flub on TV, I’m really not all that concerned,” said well-known aging researcher S. Jay Olshansky of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2024

The same face I’d watched flub up Abraham Lincoln’s assassination just hours before stared back at me, although I looked a little paler now.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin