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This season's closer shows Hank as a survivor driven by passion as opposed to a happy-go-lucky bungler who somehow manages to survive by accident.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2022

One tabloid denounced the side as "donkeys", with Robson later labelled a "traitor" and "bungler Bobby" when it emerged he would join Dutch side PSV Eindhoven after the tournament.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2020

The show’s Ford was Chevy Chase, a lanky slapstick comedian who portrayed the commander in chief as President Pratfall, a genial bungler stumbling across the world stage with a complacent grin.

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2018

Yet today, Antioco is now widely assailed as a fool, a bungler and worse.

From Forbes Sep. 21, 2013

Possession of this capacity makes the difference between the artist and the intellectual bungler.

From How We Think by Dewey, John




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