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a shambolic system of public transportation
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Like last year, Sunday’s Globes was associated with the boozy, shambolic and often wonderfully mean-spirited show of yesteryear in name only.
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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
Over seven seasons on NBC, Columbo put a charming, shambolic gloss on the crime show.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 29 Aug. 2024
There were reports last month that INEOS was looking to sell Nice with French football in crisis after a shambolic saga to sell the domestic TV rights to Ligue 1.
—Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 27 July 2024
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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
Over seven seasons on NBC, Columbo put a charming, shambolic gloss on the crime show.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 29 Aug. 2024
There were reports last month that INEOS was looking to sell Nice with French football in crisis after a shambolic saga to sell the domestic TV rights to Ligue 1.
—Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 27 July 2024
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“Shambolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shambolic. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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