shamble

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In my review, I praised the conviction of Gunn’s soupy sci-fi spectacle, writing: “Whatever this sweet, surreal sci-fi shamble is that Gunn has created, everyone here seems to believe ardently in it.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023

“It’s crazy, because retail was in such a shamble of reality at that point,” says S.P.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022

There is an enjoyable strain of LA neo-noirs such as Inherent Vice, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Under the Silver Lake where doofus would-be detectives shamble into morally murky conspiracies.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2020

Even as its various subplots shamble on, the novel keeps reminding us about the rising conflation of reality and fiction.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2019

Once, Tendai looked behind to see one of the vlei people detach himself from the wall and shamble over to the cart.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer