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BUNGLE
- To act or work clumsily and awkwardly.
- Usage: Report on a jeweler from Pakistan who was surprised to find his picture on a list released by the FBI of five men of Middle-Eastern descent suspected of illegally entering the United States on or around Christmas day.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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FORTNIGHT
- A period of 14 days.
- Usage: Report on a collision between a fuel-laden tanker and a sunken ship in the English Channel, the second ship to run into the hull of the sunken vessel in two weeks.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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