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Recent Examples of shambolic
So luridly shambolic was Boursinos’s life that those who knew him warned me that his story would be hard to tell.
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Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
That withdrawal brought to a shambolic end the longest war ever fought by the United States.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Redick’s prior coaching experience was limited to running the fourth-grade boys’ team at the Brooklyn Basketball Academy as a volunteer, and the Lakers’ coaching search was hilariously shambolic, but still no one was surprised when Redick was announced.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Like last year, Sunday’s Globes was associated with the boozy, shambolic and often wonderfully mean-spirited show of yesteryear in name only.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
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Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
That withdrawal brought to a shambolic end the longest war ever fought by the United States.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Redick’s prior coaching experience was limited to running the fourth-grade boys’ team at the Brooklyn Basketball Academy as a volunteer, and the Lakers’ coaching search was hilariously shambolic, but still no one was surprised when Redick was announced.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Like last year, Sunday’s Globes was associated with the boozy, shambolic and often wonderfully mean-spirited show of yesteryear in name only.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shambolic
Adjective
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The result is a topsy-turvy movie that is also spiritually profound in ways that the Marvel and DC franchises don’t dare but that became abstruse and chaotic in Snyder’s many Rebel Moon iterations.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the White House’s on-again, off-again approach to tariffs with our major trading partners is so chaotic, it can barely be called a policy.—
MoneyShow,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Real Housewives of New York Star (Countess) Luann De Lesseps was arrested in Palm Beach on Christmas Eve 2017 and charged with several offences, including battery, trespassing, and disorderly intoxication.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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The 55-year-old actor, whose credits also include Better Call Saul and Mr. Show with Bob and David, faces multiple charges including civil disorder and disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2024
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In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.—
Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History,
TIME,
10 June 2024
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“Shambolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shambolic. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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