as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
muffed the repair job and had to do it again
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But in her concentration, Porsha fumbled her words, which made the Faithfuls, who were desperate for a crumb of evidence so early in the game, suspicious of her sincerity.
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With Yerry De los Santos also fumbling a bunt in the eighth, the Yanks tallied a season-high four errors on the night.
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The column-style featured a low-cut scoop neckline and a strappy back with a side boob-baring cutout.
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Everybody there is blonde, big boobs.
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Finally, during penalties, Paraguay was up 3-2 and needed to make only one more kick before missing its last two, nearly blowing the match.
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The sobering reality, however, is that this is a 35-48 team that already has been blown too far off course.
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
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One Republican senator calling this the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.
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Balogun’s fancy footwork broke a scoreless deadlock 45 minutes into the action, booting a left-footed shot through the goalie’s outstretched legs.
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On Saturday, the reality star — who was booted from the show mere days after entering the Villa as a bombshell — shared a TikTok addressing her abrupt departure.
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Mary is portrayed as a vicious brat whose entire bid for power rests on the fact that Edward’s adviser Seymour (Dominic Cooper) can’t get enough of ye olde S&M play, while Frances gets all her best intel from younger noblemen who pop boners at the sight of her.
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Atlanta scored 20 points off those miscues and dominated the paint, finishing with 60 points inside.
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His late-game miscues proved costly in the series.
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The lefty, who needed 37 pitches to get through the fourth due to Cabrera’s flub and three free passes, logged five innings, two runs (0 earned), four walks and six strikeouts over 96 pitches.
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But those are only the flubs that Jeopardy judges catch and acknowledge during tapings.
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“Muff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muff. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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