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muffs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of muff

as in fumbles

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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muffs

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noun

plural of muff

as in boobs

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Sparks muffs the punt and South Alabama recovers on Texas State's 39-yard line. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 29 Nov. 2025

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Tensions between the galley and the interior continue to escalate over lunch service, when a radio mishap fumbles the order in which the food should go out.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026
The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 May 2026

Definition of fumbles

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In the film, the villain is not the Harvard nerds who initially shun Elle, but the ex-boyfriend who never saw her as anything more than a cardboard cutout of a girl with blonde hair and big boobs.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Margaret left and came back in a new bra, the straps of which could be hooked together into an X across her back to draw her boobs toward the center of her chest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026

Definition of boobs

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But in recent months, the movie has become the subject of an ongoing culture war clash over what some on the right see as historical inaccuracies and casting choices designed to appease the left.

— Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 8 July 2026
Meta has countered that Wynn-Williams violated her agreement and wrote a book filled with inaccuracies.

— Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of inaccuracies

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His airport arrivals and departures on those trips, especially early in his first administration, drew media attention and coverage.

— Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 10 July 2026
In the years since, Harry has made several quick trips back to the UK, most notably attending his grandmother’s funeral in 2022 and his father’s coronation in 2023.

— Max Foster, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

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