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bungle

[buhng-guhl] / ˈbʌŋ gəl /


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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

Do we have it in our power to choose comedy over catastrophe and thereby give ourselves another day to bungle along?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Teeming with talent, they would find a way to bungle the first half of the season as though they were replacement players subbing in for a group of starters on strike.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2022

“Seems simple, don’t it? But I’m sure you’ll find a way to bungle it. ”

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo




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