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a shambolic system of public transportation
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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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“Shambolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shambolic. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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