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screw up



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No one can focus on how the Giants and Jets will screw up their picks in the NFL draft.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

"I was able to screw up as a teenager and not have it filmed and amplified all over the place."

From BBC Feb. 7, 2026

In other words: “We screwed up, but we can screw up better.”

From MarketWatch Oct. 27, 2025

Or maybe our stubborn myopia is what this Superman means when he says, “I screw up all the time but that is being human.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2025

“The good thing is, you can screw up all you want. You’ll probably never see them again.”

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon




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