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Recent Examples of clanger In its two most recent games, its goalkeeper, André Onana, has made calamitous clangers, leading to easy goals for the opposition. Alex Tabet, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2024 The veined wing of the clanger cicada kills bacteria solely through its physical structure — one of the first natural surfaces found to do so. Trevor Quirk, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2013 But only new centre back David Luiz has provided clangers in defence in more than one game, losing Ashley Barnes with some schoolboy marking against Burnley before that shirt pull on Mohamed Salah at Anfield. SI.com, 7 Sep. 2019 Another game against Chelsea and another clanger for Lloris - this time during the Lilywhites tenure at Wembley. SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019 This doesn't stop players from slipping every now and again, or dropping a social clanger or two. SI.com, 29 Sep. 2019 This is hardly surprising given the Spaniard's mixed start to life at Anfield, making a clanger while trying to play out from the back which handed Danny Ings a goal in the narrow victory over Southampton. SI.com, 3 Sep. 2019 For years the clanger has dangled in the middle, banging against the bell’s iron walls for two states to hear, back and forth from Indiana to Ohio to Indiana to Ohio … WHERE’S GREGG? Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 3 July 2019 Despite showing solidarity on the pitch, matters were complicated when Bale's agent dropped an inadvertent clanger on local radio, stating the pair didn't get along. SI.com, 1 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clanger
Noun
  • Here are the five hidden profile mistakes that stop your ideal clients getting in touch.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Jumping onto Andrew Cuomo’s leaky ship was a devastating mistake for the pro-Israel movement.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández made run-scoring defensive blunders in the outfield.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • Whereas the Pacers had their lowest giveaway total of the championship round in Game 6, OKC had its highest turnover game of the playoffs, with 23 blunders leading to 32 Indiana points.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • With very little margin for error, any misstep could lead to a steep correction.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Making on-time payments, keeping your debt-to-income ratio low and checking your credit report for errors can all help boost your credit score and lower your rates.
    Liz Knueven, CNBC, 30 June 2025

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“Clanger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clanger. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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