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fumble

[fuhm-buhl] / ˈfʌm bəl /


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Carson Wentz, starting in place of an injured Kyler Murray, finished the loss with two interceptions, a fumble and only eight completions in what was the single ugliest game by a quarterback this season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Then St. John Bosco picked up 15-yard penalty for sideline interference; a 15-yard penalty for taunting; a 15-yard penalty for face mask that nullifed a recovered fumble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

After forcing a Bills fumble, the Rams set up a game-winning field goal that Buffalo blocked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Truist starts IBM stock at Hold, citing lingering concerns over the tech giant’s second-quarter execution fumble.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

As Harry, Ron, and Hermione drew closer, the barman drew his cloak more tightly around his neck and walked away, leaving the shorter man to fumble with something in his arms.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Named after retired cornerback Charles “Peanut” Tillman, the “Peanut punch” has become an effective method for defensive players to cause fumbles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Chargers’ Justin Herbert fumbles the ball and throws an interception in the fourth quarter of a 23-17 loss to the Denver Broncos that drops them to 0-5.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

This time their defence did their job too, though, recording four sacks and forcing four fumbles.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

But it ends with a blooper shot where Burnham fumbles to catch the helmet and bursts out laughing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

He sets the coffee on top of his car and fumbles in his pocket for the keys.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Rams practiced scooping fumbled footballs off the turf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Over the course of four minutes, the robot fumbled with the towel’s floppy and unwieldy shape as it slowly smoothed out the fabric, located the corners and lined up the edges.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

It wasn’t going to fall to running back James Cook, who had fumbled twice already.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A few years ago, during the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday rush, workers in one of the new automated California grocery warehouses realized that its robotic arms fumbled large frozen turkeys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

As I fumbled to unlock my door, I glanced back, half-certain I’d find her lurching down the hall behind me.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Her apparent mistakes: glossing over her failure to pass the bar exam and then fumbling her first—highly abridged—news conference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Whether or not it’s fair to compare Take-Two’s investigation of a leaked video game with the DOJ fumbling inquiries into participants of a global sex trafficking ring, the internet has certainly taken notice.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

"It's not like that for postpartum psychosis, so it was a lot of kind of like fumbling around in the dark," Cliffel said.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Wilde in particular lights up during this section, Angela’s mind racing at possibilities she never considered for herself while fumbling over the practicalities of protocols and just how this would work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

He sighed; and there was another fumbling in the kitchen.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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