botching

present participle of botch

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of botching Carroll also stepped on its foot a bit, botching a punt that set up Smith’s first score. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026 The look was a polarizing one, leading the Spaniard to blame one of his brothers for botching the assignment. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 Atlanta was out-everythinged in an 83-71 loss to the Indiana Fever on Thursday, botching a chance at a statement game. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 5 June 2026 He was taken into custody at the scene, after botching several sobriety tests, body-cam footage shows. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026 On Monday night in Cleveland, a grown man in the Progressive Field bleachers created a ruckus by botching a home run catch and then stealing the ball from the young girl who was trying to pick it up on the rebound. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 Lawmakers of both parties accused Bondi of botching the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, which Congress directed in December. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026 In a federal lawsuit filed this month seeking millions in damages, Lebohang Morake, known as Lebo M, accused Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi of intentionally botching the translation of the lyrics, central to both the Disney films and the musical theater adaptations. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026 Continue reading … RINSE AND REPEAT — CNN slammed for third time for botching NYC terrorist attack coverage. — FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for botching
Verb
  • The fight sequences have an engaging messiness, the characters often fumbling around rather than delivering expert moves.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Clinicians should be working to support us, not fumbling incompetently or making paternalistic determinations.
    — Meg LeDuc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Winds blowing east to west along the equator push water in the Pacific Ocean west toward Asia, Jacox said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Andersen sees energy storage, which would allow for continual energy supply even when the wind isn’t blowing, as the wind sector’s next big opportunity.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • As wet electrodes get thicker, the liquid binder migrates unevenly during drying, ruining the battery‘s structure.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Seaver also allegedly threatened to start a podcast dedicated to ruining Parton’s image unless he was paid.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Botching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/botching. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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