sloppy
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The upshot is the worlds-collide awkwardness of today’s AI moment, which—I nevertheless predict—will rapidly clarify itself as our metaphors become less sloppy and the punditry actually begins to learn what it’s talking about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Sunday’s season-opening debacle — a sloppy, uninspired and uninspiring 26-14 loss to the Arizona Cardinals at SoFi Stadium — was a first, giant step back for these Chargers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"The apparently sloppy and rushed manner in which the federal ballot mail portal and supporting IT systems are being built poses significant risk," said the official, who is represented by the nonprofit Whistleblower Aid.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Milos Kerkez: A poor display from the Liverpool left-back and was sloppy in possession.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
She ties my shoelaces together in a sloppy knot.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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But if the early results—and my own scrolling habits—are anything to go by, it’s about to get a lot sloppier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
This boosts the formation of the collagen network, but also results in a sloppier, less optimal collagen network.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2024
They couldn’t have been much sloppier on Christmas Day.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
Yet even as the Suns became the sloppier team, they were also the better at making the possessions they did have count.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
Though they didn’t hit the bull’s-eyes, and their shots got sloppier the farther the target, whoever their masters had been, they’d known what they were teaching.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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Corrain also admitted to making up "the world's sloppiest chat with a non-existent friend who was supposedly to blame, and sent fake apologies for the actions of said 'friend,' which only made things worse."
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2023
But Biskind can also get sloppy, and “Pandora’s Box” finds him at his sloppiest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Charlotte Towner said of her American bully XL Coco: "She's just the sloppiest, dopiest dog I've ever owned. She's great with other people, her only downside is she gets excited when she sees people."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023
The game, played in sloppy conditions, started in the sloppiest of fashions, as the teams combined for 12 penalties in the first half, including seven in the first six minutes.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
Sam, I noted, never took his eyes off ours, which was unfortunate since it was by far the sloppiest of the lot.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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