a shambolic system of public transportation

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Utah’s three straight victories in the series, its 3-1 advantage, now seem forever ago, undone by a Game 5 come-apart and a shambolic performance in Sunday’s Game 6 defeat. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah Jazz remain resolute ahead of Tuesday’s Game 7: ‘We’re not planning on going home’," 31 Aug. 2020

There's no question that President Trump's shambolic response to the COVID-19 disaster has dragged the party's reputation down with it, and that's reflected in some less bullish numbers in other surveys. David Faris, TheWeek, "Trump's RNC role is a much bigger mistake than Republicans realize," 26 Aug. 2020

But the conclusion that populists’ shambolic handling of this crisis must be bad for populism as a whole is ultimately flawed. Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, "The Pandemic Isn’t a Death Knell for Populism," 22 Aug. 2020

Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case was shambolic. Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, "Column: In Jussie Smollett case, special prosecutor finds Kim Foxx misled public. That’s unacceptable.," 17 Aug. 2020

Iola Abas of the Peat Monitoring Network, an NGO, worries that peatland may be a casualty of rushed, shambolic planning and a lack of transparency. The Economist, "For peat’s sake Indonesia risks repeating an environmental disaster," 15 Aug. 2020

As the film that Ryan shot makes clear, the results were shambolic. Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker, "James Joyce’s Bloomsday Becomes a Zoomsday," 16 June 2020

This was once again made clear in the shambolic primary election that Georgia held on Tuesday. Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, "The Georgia Primary and the State of Voting Rights," 11 June 2020

Obituaries have been loosening up to show a darker or more shambolic side. 1843, "Can words do the dead justice?," 21 May 2020

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