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One explanation gaining ground is that, with the best of intentions, we grown-ups have bungled the task of teaching kids to read.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023

Prosecutors claimed the mismatch came from a clerical error, although the crime scene investigator was later found to have bungled other major cases.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2021

But others worry about the ethical implications of merging these two disparate pursuits — and a tumultuous week of conversations reveals that MyBookie might have bungled its first foray into shark speculating.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2020

But Louisiana may have bungled this case so badly that Roberts feels he has no choice but to uphold precedent, at least for now.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2020

Even then he felt that he must have bungled it in the telling and began to marshal his facts a third time.

From The Big-Town Round-Up by Raine, William MacLeod