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Recent Examples of shambolic
Played with shambolic brilliance by Gary Oldman, Lamb oversees a team at Slough House, a shabby off-site dumping ground for disgraced and rejected agents.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
England were 2-0 down on the night after a shambolic display saw Kosovare Asllani put Sweden ahead in the first two minutes before Stina Blackstenius doubled their lead just over 20 minutes later.
—Oli Gamp, New York Times, 22 July 2025
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.
—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
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
England were 2-0 down on the night after a shambolic display saw Kosovare Asllani put Sweden ahead in the first two minutes before Stina Blackstenius doubled their lead just over 20 minutes later.
—Oli Gamp, New York Times, 22 July 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shambolic
Adjective
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In this chaotic world of busy schedules, stressful current events and personal responsibilities, growing distracted from your internal world is common.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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Not because it was magicked away by her brain’s chaotic bonds, but because her husband, Charles (Christian Slater), abruptly returned and got the job done.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Marta worries gently about herself, in particular about her disordered eating and loss of appetite.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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Of course, tubelessness won’t fix the young girl’s disordered eating or their infrastructure issues at home.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Shambolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shambolic. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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