bungle
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Leave it to “SNL” to bungle what should have been a slap shot straight into an open goal.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 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
Do we have it in our power to choose comedy over catastrophe and thereby give ourselves another day to bungle along?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023
The dog passed the sheep and reached Nyame first—only to bungle the message.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing bungle
And Then There Were None
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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