klutzes

plural of klutz
as in gawks
a clumsy, awkward person how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?

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Noun
  • The four producers on the project were responsible for producing the full project — including the audio dubs across languages, the music and the score – over six weeks.
    Corbin Bolies, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • Kansas City played host to the Tahoe Knight Monsters and beat the visitors twice at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, adding two more dubs to the win column.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026
  • Lenders will take the keys and private equity will take its lumps, as designed.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 June 2026
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“Klutzes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/klutzes. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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