bungle
Example Sentences
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Olympic bosses, who never met an issue they couldn’t bungle, fretted about precedent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
Add the examples from psychology and the bungle we're making of the Earth we "manage," and humans don't have good evidence to put ourselves at the top of some kind of evolutionary hierarchy after all.
From Salon • May 29, 2025
So, yes, let’s hold college presidents’ feet to the fire when they bungle on a major issue.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023
I worried that it’d be complicated or that a service issue would bungle the beginning of our trip to the happiest place on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023
They’re more likely to bungle the job than get it right.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing bungle
And Then There Were None
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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