Example Sentences

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Among several errors and missteps in the investigation, a forensic pathologist may have botched Aron Christensen’s autopsy.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2023

Offit and some other prominent experts feel the CDC and news media have botched some of the messaging on breakthrough infections.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2021

The husband of a woman missing since Mother's Day said investigators in Colorado have botched the investigation into her disappearance and are now trying to "blame it on me."

From Fox News • Aug. 24, 2020

There has rarely been a time when I wanted to escape into theater so much or have botched so many escapes so badly.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2020

Ye have botched your errand to Paris; ye have spoken naughtily in my house to a friend of the King's that came friendlily to me.'

From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox