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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cock-up
Noun
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Braden Mann’s botch of the opening kickoff, Luke McCaffrey’s 47-yard return and Jeremiah Trotter Jr.’s unnecessary roughness penalty embodied the sloppy play that’s recently been awarding opponents advantageous field position.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
The Athletic,
26 Dec. 2024 -
Lastly, there was the botch job of trading away Jake Guentzel at the deadline last season.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The fund did lower its payout after the 2022 mess, leaving itself room to buy bargains.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Mark Critchley has a full explainer on the financial mess.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Moore’s empowering, committed performance earned praise from critics, a nice turnaround after the previous year’s Striptease fiasco.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Scheffler, meanwhile, seemed a little embarrassed by the whole fiasco and clearly wants to put that all in the past.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Clarity around tariffs or inflation could be just thing to break stocks out of their muddle.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Or, even better, quadruple down on the lies, insults, and hours-long muddles of sentence-fragment non sequiturs that pass for campaign speeches (Donald Trump, 37.3 percent).—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
26 Oct. 2024
Noun
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But taking a hostile approach with President Donald Trump now could put federal aid for the disaster at risk.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Mar. 2025
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But what if fossil fuel investments, which have been dragging for a decade, are headed toward disaster?—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Complicating something that’s actually very simple leads to such debacles as last Friday afternoon.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
3 Mar. 2025
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Continue reading … -- POLITICS FACING THE FACTS – 'Sanctuary city' mayors prepare to explain themselves to House, avoid notorious debacle.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Cock-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cock-up. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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