fluffed
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He scored a crucial break in the seventh game of set three when Diallo fluffed a forehand from the baseline and took control as his opponent's error count surged.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
Toronto loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth but failed to conjure a run, and the Dodgers did the same in the 10th as expectation mounted, but both sides fluffed their lines.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
Launched in 1964, four years after Coronation Street, the show initially ran five days a week and was also known for performers' fluffed lines.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
Short answer: Syrupy oil fluffed into a semi-solid.
From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025
Its foot was drawn into its feathers, its feathers were fluffed.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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