muff
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Meanwhile, the strength of a brand like “60 Minutes” is its ability to plow through heavy seas emanating from corporate politics—that is, unless overly entitled employees muff it up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Amen Ogbongbemiga recovered the muff to give the Chargers their excellent starting position.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
McCarthy to wreak a muff and a busted play, it had come to sort of figure.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2022
In 1914, the suffragist Mary Richardson walked into the National Gallery with a hatchet concealed in her muff, then slashed a Velázquez nude in protest against the imprisonment of Emmeline Pankhurst.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
And then they saw bearded Billy Pilgrim in his blue toga and silver shoes, with his hands in a muff.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
The Venezuelan leader had on what appeared to be noise-canceling ear muffs and grey Nike-branded sweatpants and jacket.
From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026
But when, against all odds, he seemingly achieves his goal, he muffs it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
But he misstates the timing of the ill-fated U.S. raid and muffs the mission’s actual goal: to seize two of the Somali warlord Mohamed Aidid’s lieutenants, not Aidid himself.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Wearing a mitt the size of a gardening glove, he muffs it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
My shoulders hunch, hands instantly land on muffs.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
Players pray as they always have: for protection from injury, from the embarrassment of a missed tackle or muffed punt, to impress their homecoming date or to attract the attention of scouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
They could not capitalize after recovering a muffed punt return in the second quarter, and the Panthers responded with a touchdown drive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2026
Grimm muffed two punts against the 49ers, withering turnovers that could not have come at a worse time for him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2025
Andre Drummond had 11 points, 17 rebounds and muffed a dunk to the delight of the home crowd when he was stuffed by the front of the rim.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Everyone cheers, and I press my hands on my muffed ears.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
To that point, his signature moment in October might have been muffing a routine fly ball in the decisive Game 5 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers last fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
He also has made a few costly mistakes in the process, such as muffing a punt against Wisconsin and dropping a key third-down pass against Minnesota.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024
Down 24-15, Cleveland sealed its fate by botching an onside kick and muffing a punt — unforgivable against any team, death sentences against Belichick.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
The first was Eli Rogers muffing a punt on the game’s opening possession .
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2017
"I heard so," said young Ives, dropping his hat, and muffing it as he tried to catch it, "and I came around to wish you a pleasant voyage."
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
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