bungle
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There are no lyrics to bungle or judgments about pitch, just the sensation of instantly getting on the same page with dozens of strangers and sensing the powerful community in that moment.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Olympic bosses, who never met an issue they couldn’t bungle, fretted about precedent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
So, yes, let’s hold college presidents’ feet to the fire when they bungle on a major issue.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
I worried that it’d be complicated or that a service issue would bungle the beginning of our trip to the happiest place on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
And this time I will not bungle things!
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Its title comes from a Delhi University slang: to "give it those ones" is to perform one's usual act - bungles included.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Charlotte and George marry, then George immediately bungles their budding marital bliss.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
He said whatever bungles did occur happened at the management level, with whoever thought it a good idea to deploy mounted agents to block routes to the camp.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
Worst of all, it operates in an accountability-free zone where even the biggest bungles carry no consequences.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2021
It is the little things one bungles at.
From Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
And a giveaway for coveted World Cup tickets—designed to reward early adopters—was bungled, users say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Neff led a bungled election integrity case at the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
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
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
One recent morning she had served him a bungled breakfast of sugared eggs and salted coffee, then blamed it all on “a silly dream”—but a dream the power of daylight had not dispersed.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
All of this might be chalked up to bureaucratic bungling, if not for suspicious details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The Lions completed a historic comeback, with a little help from a bungling David Campese.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
Funneled into the framework of a prom slasher, the bungling of "Fear Street: Prom Queen" feels downright pernicious.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
She also faced accusations of bungling the city’s finances, contributing to a dire budget shortfall this fiscal year that will almost certainly require sweeping cuts across government departments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Hoover was careful not to disclose the bureau’s earlier bungling.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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