flub
Example Sentences
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There is a lot of faith in last year’s expansion club, but the potential draft-day flub of trading away Flau’jae Johnson has shaken some of that.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Intel’s stock has crashed 17%, wiping out more than $46 billion in market value, since executives revealed the flub on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
But even with the one they flub — Koenig initially misidentifies Madonna’s fifth album as “Like a Prayer” before correcting himself to “Erotica” — they make a pretty solid case for their mistake.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
“When I see somebody make a flub on TV, I’m really not all that concerned,” said well-known aging researcher S. Jay Olshansky of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2024
The first time through the bridge, I totally flub it.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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The Fourteenth Goldfish
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