as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
you've mangled this so badly that we'll have to do it over
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Recent Examples of mangle
The wreck left the vehicles mangled in the road with one resting slightly on top of a boulder with its rear and passenger side crumpled.
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Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Torrey Pines was the site of his last top-10 finish on the PGA Tour in 2020, a year before Woods badly mangled his right leg in a car crash on a coastal Los Angeles road.
—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Their family of 11 is living in a tent alongside heaps of concrete and mangled steel that now lie where their home once stood.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Images showed an uprooted tree smashed into a mobile home while mangled debris littered the streets.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Torrey Pines was the site of his last top-10 finish on the PGA Tour in 2020, a year before Woods badly mangled his right leg in a car crash on a coastal Los Angeles road.
—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Their family of 11 is living in a tent alongside heaps of concrete and mangled steel that now lie where their home once stood.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Images showed an uprooted tree smashed into a mobile home while mangled debris littered the streets.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mangle
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Massey ranged to his left, lost his footing and fumbled the ball.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
20 May 2025
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Gutierrez found the jury was confused by antitrust law elements and fumbled a calculation for damages by mistaking an overcharge with a discount.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2025
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That’s just the beginning, though—keep scrolling for more deals sure to blow you away (no pun intended).—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2025
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The weather can play a role too; rain can wash pollen from the air, while a windy day can blow it around, increasing your allergy symptoms.2 How Can You Prevent Allergy Symptoms?—
Kelly Burch Published,
Verywell Health,
23 May 2025
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For decades, the set of remains were dubbed Scattered Man John Doe until New Jersey State Police teamed up with the Ramapo College of New Jersey’s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center to identified the person.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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They were mottled brown with tiny eyes and described as a new species in 1913, dubbed, rather questionably, Moringua hodgarti.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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But that stumble constitutes Hwang’s only confrontation with the hypocrisy that ruins Yellow Face and its inherent PBS conceit.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 May 2025
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Mahdi’s legal team filed a complaint with the South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday saying that the execution was botched.—
Viola Flowers,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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Critics say Guarino botched data analysis in the O'Keefe case as well.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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Tech behemoths are jury-rigging AI features into their products to avoid being disrupted—but these rollouts, and Apple’s in particular, have been disastrous, giving dangerous health advice, butchering news summaries, and generally crowding and slowing user experiences.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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The way they were butchered also implies community organization.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
12 May 2025
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Further investigation showed that the department bungled follow-up care too, failing to investigate the sources of lead exposure for some children.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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The ensuing play again defensively broke down for the Giants when Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman bungled the ground ball off Dansby Swanson’s bat as Crow-Armstrong’s presence at third and deke home coincided with the mishandle.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2025
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Another key feature of algae oil is its high smoke point of 535 degrees—the temperature at which oil begins to break down, release dangerous chemicals, and destroy its nutrients.—
Jonathan Purtell,
Verywell Health,
27 May 2025
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During the week of my embed, the Russian military identified and destroyed a few of the Vampire pilots’ positions.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2025
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“Mangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mangle. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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