screw up

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As is well-known, AI can screw up even the simplest facts, or just hallucinate and invent details, so it pays to check everything.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

In other words: “We screwed up, but we can screw up better.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

Chairman Andrew Cavenagh insists Rangers did not "screw up" the process to appoint head coach Danny Rohl but admits it looked "clunky" from the outside.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Forget throwing soup on the “Mona Lisa” — the Bezos wedding protesters might do something truly offensive: They are threatening to screw up traffic on the big day.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

“What happens if you really screw up the audition?”

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli