bungle
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blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, botch, bugger (up), bumble, butcher, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson received some very vocal criticism while walking in the town of Morley as a heckler accused him of bungling Britain's exit from the European Union. — Fox News, "Watch: British PM Boris Johnson confronted by heckler over Brexit," 7 Sep. 2019 The company had made promising debuts in Corpus Christi and Laredo, but had bungled openings in Georgetown, San Marcos and Pensacola, Florida — its scooters sometimes got impounded. — Bruce Selcraig, ExpressNews.com, "How San Antonio’s scooter firm blew its big chance," 6 Sep. 2019 It's been a whole year since Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) bungled his chance to take over his father's company one and for all. — Alexis Jones, Harper's BAZAAR, "How to Watch Succession Season 2 Even If You Don't Have a TV," 11 Aug. 2019 But this year’s Academy Awards felt more like an effort to just get through the night without bungling one more thing. — Ben Fritz, WSJ, "An #OscarsSoSafe Awards Ceremony," 25 Feb. 2019 Under Worley and Reed’s leadership, the party has bungled numerous opportunities to retake ground lost to Republicans. — al, "Hey DNC, Alabama Democrats need an intervention," 16 Aug. 2019 Staffers from CTF Partners, a political consultancy that oversaw Mrs May’s bungled 2017 election, have taken roles in Mr Johnson’s operation. — The Economist, "Boris Johnson is looking like Theresa May 2.0," 8 Aug. 2019 Her dad, Sheriff Keith Mars (Enrico Colantoni), has bungled the investigation, losing his job, his wife and his good name. — Judy Berman, Time, "Veronica Mars Is the Best TV Revival Since Twin Peaks," 19 July 2019 In a five to two ruling, the judges sided with Ms. Politkovskaya’s relatives in accusing the Russian government of bungling the investigation and thereby violating the European Convention of Human Rights, of which Russia is a signatory. — Anatoly Kurmanaev, WSJ, "Russia Criticized for Handling of Anna Politkovskaya Probe," 17 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bungle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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