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fumble

[fuhm-buhl] / ˈfʌm bəl /


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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

Nader Henein, data protection and AI governance analyst at Gartner, said "this sort of fumble is unavoidable", given the frequency of "new and novel AI capabilities" being released.

From BBC Feb. 19, 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

But Maye was sacked six times and gave up two interceptions and a fumble as New England slumped to a one-sided 29-13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

From Barron's Feb. 9, 2026

I stare at my fingers and fumble with them.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

But he fumbles with the fixation on Los Angeles wellness culture.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 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

Two costly fumbles and two interceptions led to a nail-biter of a playoff game.

From Salon Jan. 18, 2026

They forced the game's first three turnovers - two from Stroud fumbles, plus an interception - but the best Pittsburgh could muster on the following possessions was a solitary field goal.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

She fumbles with the remote for a minute before passing it to me to pause.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

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

His fingers fumbled with desperation as he heard the driver’s door swing open.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

I kind of feel like we’re all in this relay race, right, and we’re just fumbling the ball to one another and trying to move forward.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 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

In the previously uncollected poems we find Heaney working out forms, responding to social occasions, sometimes fumbling or biding his time but always doing the digging with his pen.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Dad, grinning now, was fumbling in his pocket for his notebook.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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