flubbed

past tense of flub

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of flubbed The Padres added a run against Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen in the fifth when Machado walked, Bogaerts volleyed his second single into right field, Sheets reached on a fielder’s choice in which the Diamondbacks flubbed a catch and Jake Cronenworth walked. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025 Just as Alexis Bellino flubbed her second chance by aligning herself too closely with Johnny J, an Ed Hardy snapback that refuses to die, Gretchen is ruining hers by trying to relitigate things from the Obama Administration. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flubbed
Verb
  • Last year, Colts star running back Jonathan Taylor celebrated prematurely and fumbled the ball through the back of the end zone on what was going to be a 41-yard TD run.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Slightly concerning given that Mims has already fumbled one punt this season.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Except, of course, for that old dinosaur that somehow stumbled into a misplaced DeLorean, fired up the flux capacitor, and time travelled from the stone ages straight to the Uli beach.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Determined to keep searching, Hollie eventually stumbled on a TLC episode featuring a boy named Gio, who also had Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Apparently, Grier forgot his own words, because the lines that the Dolphins have built are collectively their worst this decade, something evident in a crushing 27-24 loss to Carolina, a game in which Miami blew a 17-0 lead.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Whalen described one recent encounter where a homeless person blew fentanyl smoke in his face.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Georges Mikautadze tripped before getting back on his feet to score Villarreal’s 18th-minute opener from a Nicolas Pepe assist.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In the Cowboys’ lone OT possession, inside the Packers’ 5-yard line, Dak was feeling some pressure, and running when he was barely tripped from behind by his old teammate to return to the original line of scrimmage.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Flubbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flubbed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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