botch
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McLaughlin also helped to botch ICE’s efforts to keep immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez locked up without bond.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2026
Bard would whisper funny lines into my earpiece and I would botch them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
He’ll botch a gig over his annoyance at not being allowed to call a stranger by a pet name she reserves for her closest friend.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024
It was a stunning botch job from a ruthless finisher.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2023
“You’ve done enough to botch this affair. I bid five thousand dollars on the rest of the property, Carlson. Let’s get this thing over with.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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