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Recent Examples of shambolic
An even greater danger may lie in the shambolic nature of his policymaking.
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Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The shambolic nature of his plots has a Scheherazade flavor, a storyteller unfurling a tale bit by bit with no aim other than keeping the reader invested moment-to-moment, failure being the penalty of death.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
And yet, despite two decades of anxiety about being of a certain age, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy finds our shambolic protagonist having achieved her heteronormative happily-ever-after.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
The second goal was even more shambolic, with a simple pass down the flank opening up a two-on-one for Everton and Onana only pushing Jack Harrison’s shot into the air.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The shambolic nature of his plots has a Scheherazade flavor, a storyteller unfurling a tale bit by bit with no aim other than keeping the reader invested moment-to-moment, failure being the penalty of death.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
And yet, despite two decades of anxiety about being of a certain age, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy finds our shambolic protagonist having achieved her heteronormative happily-ever-after.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
The second goal was even more shambolic, with a simple pass down the flank opening up a two-on-one for Everton and Onana only pushing Jack Harrison’s shot into the air.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shambolic
Adjective
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The 2021 withdrawal was unacceptably chaotic and bloody, the takeover by the Taliban shameful, but that war is now over.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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No dogs will be allowed because Matthews didn’t want dogs’ first experience at the facility to be chaotic and filled with stress.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Liquidity, not hand-wringing, is what will keep a shaky world from cascading into disorderly defaults.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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On April 1, prosecutors dropped the child neglect charge against Anderson and charged her with disorderly conduct and disorderly intoxication, which are both misdemeanors, WESH reports.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In more severe cases, this ongoing pattern may erode a parent’s relationship with food, leading to emotional or disordered eating that feels increasingly difficult to name, let alone break.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
20 May 2025
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Consequently, disordered labor disputes have added to the sense of lawlessness and have worsened the economic decline.—
Lindsay Benstead,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Feb. 2013
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“Shambolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shambolic. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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