squib
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Guardiola's 100th Champions League match as City boss was a damp squib, in stark contrast to so many of the previous 99, which includes 62 wins and the club's maiden European crown in 2023.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
But the much-anticipated showdown between two Heisman-candidate quarterbacks and national championship-quality teams had been a damp squib over the first two quarters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025
Kicking under the new format feels more like “shanking” a kickoff than doing a squib kick, as Dicker put it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2024
But as the nerves grew and the visitors became bolder, what should have been Villa's big night turned into a damp squib.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
It’s only when I hear a squib of Noise not my own that I open my eyes.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
So after some damp squibs in recent years, are we set for an unusually exciting end to the campaign at the bottom of the table?
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
Getting scant response beyond a few scattered news squibs, the CDC dropped the abuse issue entirely in its follow-up 2023 report.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2023
More the whiff of damp squibs than cordite.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2020
However, digging today into The Seattle Times’ online archive, I find that social squibs often help reveal the story of a vintage edifice.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
But there was also a generous distribution of squibs, crackers, backarappers, sparklers, torches, dwarf-candles, elf-fountains, goblin-barkers and thunder-claps.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Harvey jammed Bryson Stott, who squibbed a grounder to the left side.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022
Bellinger hit a grounder that squibbed past Beltre at third base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2018
Howard and Fisher could have squibbed the chance to change Australia’s gun laws, but they didn’t.
From Time ● Jun. 5, 2014
He finally squibbed a curveball back up the middle.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2012
Endeavouring, therefore, to hum a tune, I strolled to the window and looked out; while the imperturbable Corny, opening the opposite sash, squibbed off both pistols previous to replacing them in the box.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
But in the aftermath, many questioned why Buffalo sent its kickoff into the end zone rather than squibbing it to force a return and take critical seconds off the clock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Earlier this week, special teams coach John Baxter noted that USC struggled with squibbing kicks and thus would avoid that strategy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2019
After the Sun Devils nearly broke another return, USC opted to go with its other kicking option, Michael Brown, who resolved to simply squibbing kickoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2019
The brawny Fielder had the only hit between them in the ninth, squibbing an infield single up the middle.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2011
And there is a cabinet minister; well, we know what he is; I have been squibbing him for these two years, and now that I meet him I feel like a snob.
From Endymion by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
