bungled
Example Sentences
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On the hard-news side, she bungled big moments like an interview with Vladimir Putin, who batted away her questions about 2016 election meddling with an exasperated performance of ignorance.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
It began as gossip, and long-lens photographs of unknown provenance, and it has since unraveled into another textbook case of bungled crisis management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Her claims have triggered demonstrations, promises to tighten the law and criticism that Chancellor Friedrich Merz has bungled his response.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol capped a remarkable fall from grace on Thursday when he was sentenced to life imprisonment over his bungled efforts to impose military rule.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
“Didn’t you say that the whole affair had been bungled, and that you should have been given a free rein from the first?”
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
