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a shambolic system of public transportation
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That withdrawal brought to a shambolic end the longest war ever fought by the United States.
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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
Defeat in the First World War and the humiliating terms of the Treaty of Versailles had turned the imperial power into a shambolic constitutional republic ill-equipped to curb rampant inflation or pacify violent uprisings from the right and left.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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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
Defeat in the First World War and the humiliating terms of the Treaty of Versailles had turned the imperial power into a shambolic constitutional republic ill-equipped to curb rampant inflation or pacify violent uprisings from the right and left.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Shambolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shambolic. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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