klutz
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When people notice his plentiful bruises, Almásy makes up excuses, leading them to think he’s a klutz.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Yiddish, the language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews across Europe before the Holocaust, is now perhaps best known to many English speakers through words such as "schlep", "klutz" and "chutzpah".
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
That’s great, but it won’t be appreciated by anyone who isn’t a klutz, an adventurer, or an adventurous klutz.
From The Verge ● Aug. 18, 2022
Her Zoey is a bit of a klutz, a bit of a goof, a little tight, a little timid and, like Rob in “High Fidelity,” a veteran of failed relationships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
Have to get over this savior complex, I instruct myself, no one wants to be rescued by a klutz.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
The company of performers assembled to perform this hoary property consists of has-beens, wannabes, klutzes and martyred veterans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025
But none of these addresses the underlying problem; namely, that cell-phone owners are human beings, and are therefore klutzes.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2019
If NBA referees are true to their word, this fumbling will allow even the most brick-handed klutzes to slash through defenses like their favorite pros.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2019
Luckily, the real bomb squads have so far mostly had to deal with klutzes, not the kind of brilliantly skilled practitioner Perry introduces to us in his work of fiction.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2017
That’s better than the “kick-to-open” kind for klutzes like me.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2017
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