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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

But ongoing controversy with a government-funded insulation scheme, ECO, involving botch installations, has led to the scheme not being extended.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

To not only botch this chance but also to do so without even scoring a touchdown?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

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

How to capture that profile in wood, preserve her grace and strength—he didn’t trust himself not to botch it.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The infinite variables in sports can quickly make many of the bets they are holding nearly worthless, whether it is because a player is severely injured or a team botches a crucial touchdown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

In China, Xinhua news agency's website ran an article with the headline: "British Navy botches test: Missile crashes into the sea with a 'thud', nuclear submarine hovering underwater".

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024

I’d rather cheer for a kooky blockbuster that’s all fiascos, like the midpoint Monty Python-esque sequence where the crew botches the resurrection and interrogation of craggy old corpses.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

That may make it easier to get correct answers, but also can make the stakes higher if the AI goofs and makes a user uncomfortable or botches financial data.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

Lou glanced into the living room and saw that the Fords, Emerald among them, were momentarily at rest, relishing the botches that the McGarveys had made of their lives.

From The Big Trip Up Yonder by Vonnegut, Kurt

"The damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism," she wrote in a 20-page court filing announcing her department's decision.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Pirro’s office said a botched renovation of the pool was responsible for problems at one of President Trump’s pet projects in the nation’s capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The show even weathered a major uproar over the botched host transition that followed the death of beloved emcee Alex Trebek in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Because of course, our national 250th birthday celebrations would be botched.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

When Bobby was five, a botched operation on his appendix nearly killed him.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

To its many critics, the Ministry of Defence failed to spend well what money it got, botching procurement after procurement, delivering new equipment late and over budget.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

The largest number of victims came from Iran, which accused the Saudis of botching administration of the pilgrimage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

Legal experts were stunned at what they said was the prosecution’s botching of the case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2024

Are they going to blow this in a way that causes SBF to later blame them for botching his case?

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2023

“I’m sorry. I’m botching this. I'm not used to really talking, just on the Net. Look, I trust you, but I’m not the only one involved. So let’s wait, okay?”

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix