unstuck

Example Sentences

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United had come unstuck once again - but this was business as usual for Chelsea.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Over the last couple of years, the long-term political parallels between the U.S. and the United Kingdom seem to have come unstuck.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Mohamed Salah was back in Liverpool's starting line-up for a Premier League match for the first time since November but Arne Slot's men came unstuck on England's south coast.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

It is almost like they lure teams into a false sense of security, allowing them to dream whether this is the day that the plan comes unstuck.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Billy says that he first came unstuck in time in 1944, long before his trip to Tralfamadore.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut