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Yet in a country that needs renewal rather than retrenchment, this kind of politics tends to generate perpetual crises—which have, in turn, caused the party to make a series of shambolic climbdowns that have eroded its credibility.
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Oliver Eagleton, Time, 5 July 2025
The strike, powered past Sanchez by Wallace Yan, was the result of the kind of shambolic defending that has plagued Chelsea since its golden generation of players left the squad.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
The three very professional analysts immediately began very professional analysis of O’Neal’s shambolic gait.
—Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
In this meaningless shambolic parking-lot-theater mess?
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025
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Oliver Eagleton, Time, 5 July 2025
The strike, powered past Sanchez by Wallace Yan, was the result of the kind of shambolic defending that has plagued Chelsea since its golden generation of players left the squad.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
The three very professional analysts immediately began very professional analysis of O’Neal’s shambolic gait.
—Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
In this meaningless shambolic parking-lot-theater mess?
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shambolic
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Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg dropped a bombshell on Democrats last week, one lost in the chaotic news cycle following Charlie Kirk’s assassination.—
Boston Herald Editorial Staff,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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Surveillance video obtained by Fox News shows the chaotic moments when ICE agents took cover and protected detainees as gunfire rained down on them from outside a Dallas facility Wednesday morning.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Further, Trump’s executive order instructs these agencies to coordinate surveillance with public health and welfare agencies to address disorderly elements in communities, even when that person has not committed a crime.—
Kate Caldwell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Court recognized that civil rights activism required controversial and disorderly speech.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Notwithstanding its elaborately disordered presentation, the film’s more straightforwardly biographical material contains few surprises.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that advocates for child safety online, has found that a number of AI chatbots and companions can be prompted to encourage self-mutilation and disordered eating to teenage accounts.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Shambolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shambolic. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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