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Smith Jr. finished his career with 26.5 sacks, 15 interceptions and 14 fumble recoveries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

We ate revuelta at his favorite pupuseria, hot filling running over our fingers, locals watching me fumble with the etiquette.

From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2026

There was tetchiness and a few cross words as India dropped three catches - Abhishek Sharma guilty of one particularly poor fumble - and a missed run-out chance.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

The most shocking fumble of all came on Friday night when figure skater Ilia Malinin, the self-proclaimed “quad god,” melted down in the brutal heat of the Olympic spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

Clumsily, I fumble along the side of my head to find the edge of the blindfold.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

Which means some fumbles remain fumbles on my phone: “Fog” occasionally becomes “dog” and tennis star Carlos Alcaraz unfairly earns the surname Alcatraz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

During four seasons with the Chiefs, McDuffie forced eight fumbles, three interceptions and broke up 34 passes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

Maye was sacked five times and surrendered four fumbles in the Patriots' win over the Houston Texans last week.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

Maye had four fumbles and was sacked five times by Houston - he needs to be better than that to stand a chance here.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

She hoists her left foot onto the stool, fumbles in her sleeve pocket.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

More than 10 goals have been scored from outside the penalty area, not to mention tap-ins after keepers have fumbled swerving shots.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

The commentariat also is advancing the narrative that Apple under Cook’s leadership has fumbled badly in its embrace of artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

She said she scanned the table for recording devices, but concluded they were clueless investors as they fumbled through basic questions about Slovenian politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

England prop Ellis Genge fumbled Russell's through kick and scrum-half White pounced on the loose ball.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

He fumbled with his wallet and stared at his silver credit card like he was going to upchuck.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

"It's not like that for postpartum psychosis, so it was a lot of kind of like fumbling around in the dark," Cliffel said.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

You don’t want to be fumbling around at the kiosks, annoying the passengers in line behind you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"And, of course, the key to solving a problem is to understand why it's gone wrong. Otherwise, you're just fumbling in the dark."

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

As I followed a patrol of federal agents around New York City’s Chinatown during their fumbling attempted raid in mid-October last year, I noticed something curious.

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2026

“Let’s go. It’s late,” I said, fumbling in my pocket for money.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt