botch
Example Sentences
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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
No, Philadelphia Phillies’ reliever Orion Kerkering did not just botch a grounder and throw it away with the season on the line!
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 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
What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
