flub
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After her debate flub, Graham tried to spin it by saying she focused on “kitchen-table issues” such as affordability.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Yesterday, we asked whether you’ve encountered an AI flub.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
It was the sort of public flub that might have derailed any other startup, but it was quickly forgotten as Musk moved on to his next viral moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
The Tony Award winner, whose name was infamously mangled by John Travolta during the 2014 Oscars telecast, is laughing at the infamous flub a decade later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
Second, the two elements being compared should be grammatically and semantically parallel, a requirement that’s easy to flub when the first is complex.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
But on the day it mattered most, she flubbed her tryout and failed to make the team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Iamealeava stays after practice to correct throws he flubbed, repeating them each at least five times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
I was grateful for Richard when I began doing another exercise video on repeat, one led by a frigid ballerina who never flubbed or joked.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024
But on Gauff’s next opportunity to seal the victory, Jabeur badly flubbed an overhead.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
The most likely person to want to remind me of that day wouldn’t be a fellow operator, or even the commanding officer whose orders I flubbed.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
When he ran for prime minister last year, there were real questions about whether he would take to the political side of the job, and he stumbled at times, flubbing his French, for instance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
The reasoning is straightforward: Why take a risk of legitimizing his rivals, or becoming a target on stage, or just flubbing, when you’re already in a category of your own?
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2023
Bard did nearly as well, but it interpreted one “9” as a “0,” thus flubbing the final total.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
If he could have read cue cards without flubbing up, he might have even been a decent anchorman.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2023
I mentally resolved to press even at the chance of flubbing.
From John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life by Frederick Upham Adams
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