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screwup

[skroo-uhp] / ˈskruˌʌp /




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Still, some of those criticisms came to bear in July, when it was revealed that county officials committed a near-unthinkable administrative screwup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

But losing a vote you were supposed to win looks an awful lot more like a screwup to us.

From Slate ● May 3, 2025

"How the information was exposed was an absolutely hilarious screwup".

From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023

You know, she's a screwup, she's not great.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023

No wonder Zane was turning into such a screwup.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff




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