as in mistakes
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it
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as in fumbles
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
added too much flour and flubbed the gravy
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as in stumbles
to make a mistake
at some point in your training you're going to flub, so don't let it rattle you
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Recent Examples of flubs
Louis Peitzman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 June 2026
In a recent Instagram post, the 56-year-old former TV journalist uploaded a montage of her past on-air flubs alongside a message about perseverance and living with dyslexia.
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Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
Most of the night went on without a hitch, with several show-stopping moments bringing the audience to their feet, but like every live event, there were a few flubs and a couple eyebrow-raising choices.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
There have been some embarrassing flubs.
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Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
Both the taxpayer and nontaxpayer midlevel extensions generally lead to more flubs than wild success stories.
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Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Some observers pointed out flubs like Phillip’s are common during live television broadcasts or breaking news situations.
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Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
11 Mar. 2026
Flores was brilliant this season, but the shine on his achievements was somewhat muted by the team’s flubs.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
13 Jan. 2026
Although several early romances blossom, some misguided flubs send four sexy singles to the chopping block.
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Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Charu Sinha,
Vulture,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
But those are only the flubs that Jeopardy judges catch and acknowledge during tapings.
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Louis Peitzman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 June 2026
In a recent Instagram post, the 56-year-old former TV journalist uploaded a montage of her past on-air flubs alongside a message about perseverance and living with dyslexia.
—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
Most of the night went on without a hitch, with several show-stopping moments bringing the audience to their feet, but like every live event, there were a few flubs and a couple eyebrow-raising choices.
—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
There have been some embarrassing flubs.
—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
Both the taxpayer and nontaxpayer midlevel extensions generally lead to more flubs than wild success stories.
—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Some observers pointed out flubs like Phillip’s are common during live television broadcasts or breaking news situations.
—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
11 Mar. 2026
Flores was brilliant this season, but the shine on his achievements was somewhat muted by the team’s flubs.
—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
13 Jan. 2026
Although several early romances blossom, some misguided flubs send four sexy singles to the chopping block.
—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
Padilla flubs a line in this version, but the sketch is somehow the better for it.
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Charu Sinha,
Vulture,
19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flubs
Noun
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Acknowledging and even criticizing our mistakes of the past doesn’t cheapen one’s love for the United States.
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You are allowed to make three mistakes but fail a fourth time and the game ends with the answers being revealed.
Verb
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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.
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The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.
Verb
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In it, the man stumbles around, blinded by the sun, surrounded by insensible tourists.
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The conversation stumbles on for a few moments, but Crook can’t find the words.
Noun
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Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
Verb
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On his best nights, when the velocity and command combine, Sasaki blows past batters with a triple-digit fastball and cutting off-speed pitches.
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And now, these Sixers are a team that can seemingly stand in the middle of the ring and trade blows with anyone in the Eastern Conference.
Verb
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Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.
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Longer trips sail to Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.
Noun
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Tigers rookies Hao-Yu Lee and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs apiece after errors by third baseman José Caballero and left fielder Cody Bellinger.
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The Giants used three infield hits and two errors to score a pair of runs against Sale in the sixth inning, then Matt Chapman’s double set up Luis Arraez’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.
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“Flubs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flubs. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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