sloppy
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The movie can sometimes feel purposefully sloppy but somehow it’s never slapdash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
And sloppy thinking does not help lead us to a speedy resolution of Social Security’s financial challenges.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
It was forced to act after a federal judge slammed the administration's sloppy legal work and found it violated protections granted to journalists and their sources.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
For the most part however it was a sloppy and imperfect performance by Chelsea, with the Blues still adjusting to the effects of jet lag.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Snow falls in dozens of ways, in heavy overnight dumps and daytime, sideways squalls, in demoralizing sloppy sleet and fairy-tale billows of fluff.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
But if the early results—and my own scrolling habits—are anything to go by, it’s about to get a lot sloppier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
This boosts the formation of the collagen network, but also results in a sloppier, less optimal collagen network.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2024
They couldn’t have been much sloppier on Christmas Day.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
It was far sloppier and closer than predicted, but No. 5 USC and Caleb Williams improved to 4-0 with a 42-28 road win over Arizona State on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
Though they didn’t hit the bull’s-eyes, and their shots got sloppier the farther the target, whoever their masters had been, they’d known what they were teaching.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
Corrain also admitted to making up "the world's sloppiest chat with a non-existent friend who was supposedly to blame, and sent fake apologies for the actions of said 'friend,' which only made things worse."
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2023
Charlotte Towner said of her American bully XL Coco: "She's just the sloppiest, dopiest dog I've ever owned. She's great with other people, her only downside is she gets excited when she sees people."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023
But the traffic jams, track blockage, water on the racing surface and bumpy Nashville city streets all played a part in one of the sloppiest IndyCar races in years.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
Somehow, though, Adon’s erraticness wasn’t the sloppiest part of Thursday’s loss.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2022
Sam, I noted, never took his eyes off ours, which was unfortunate since it was by far the sloppiest of the lot.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
