sloppy
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Pilots who should have been excluded by their nationalities have been flying to Israel more frequently, a sign enforcement had grown sloppy, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
A sloppy run-out in Durham and a five-ball duck in the Headingley chase did not help his cause.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
That missed opportunity rolled right into a sloppy fifth inning for the Dodgers defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
An independent auditor this summer called the city out for sloppy bookkeeping and noted that it had spent more than what was planned for in previous budgets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The smaller of the two—but not by much—was a sloppy blond boy, rosy-cheeked and gum-chewing, with a relentlessly cheery demeanor and his fists thrust deep in the pockets of his knee-sprung trousers.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
Dr. Asleson said Bache had started out neatly rendering each name, but his writing became sloppier over time.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 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
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
That isn’t the case against bad teams such as the Sharks, Ducks and Blackhawks, whom the Kraken have already defeated 8-5, 5-4 and 8-5 respectively in some of their sloppiest games this season.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
He was the sloppiest painter I have ever seen.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
