Sentences with phrase «of flubs»

All of these flubs prove why accomplishments are so important on a resume.

Apple, for instance, one of the biggest tech firms in the world, isn't without its share of flubs.

As a result of these flubs, the «Glaciergate» scandal has grown vastly larger than it should have, and skeptics are calling not only for the resignation of Pachauri, but even the revocation of the body's 2007 Nobel Prize.

I can forgive a lot of flubs in this flick for this addition alone, which goes to show how weak and typically male I am.

The most memorable bit of nonsense, amongst a litany of flubs, curses, awkward placements, and other tics, is Pine teasing going «full Shat» when someone accuses him of trying to do a William Shatner impression.

Even though I could get lean almost everywhere else, I still had tons of flub on my waistline and lower back.

And of course, Kimmel — returning to the scene of the flub — dove straight into material about last year's infamous best - picture mix - up.

If you went into the interview as a strong candidate with solid skills and qualifications, savvy employers will be able to acknowledge this, even in the face of a flub or two.

It seems so simple, and yet many of us flub this critical step in the networking process.

Not exact matches

Schatz still managed to flub one of his questions when he asked Zuckerberg about «emailing within WhatsApp,» which is not a function of the messaging application owned by Facebook.

Business owners and entrepreneurs around the world continue to watch Facebook's latest privacy flubs unfold, possibly with a subtle sense of schadenfreude.

Yet decades later the majority of the population unknowingly flubs the native tongue, particularly the written form.

The suspect in question, Reality Leigh Winner, a 25 - year - old federal contractor based in Atlanta with the defense firm Pluribus International, had been found due to a series of security flubs, according to the FBI.

You may have heard the infamous 1977 quote by Digital Equipment Corp. president Ken Olson — «There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home» — but as a highly entertaining recent roundup of failed tech predictions by blog Relatively Interesting illustrates, Olson's flub was just the tip of a very large iceberg.

I had a few minor flubs, including when I coated the bottom of my pan with cornmeal — it burned like a mofo.

He would flub his chip shot standing on the edge of the water with his ball in that thick grass, leaving a long par - saving putt.

No more totally killing it every rare chance we actually put you on the field but otherwise sitting around for the bulk of the rest of our matches watching Welbeck and Theo flub chances, not quite having the quality last touch to create a decent chance, and / or very rarely making any type of decent / threatening cross to other players all the while thinking «hey coach, you know I'm on the team also!

But Harvick's gaffe meant he would lineup at the back of the pack when the race resumed with 11 laps remaining, simply not enough time to overcome the flub.

There were some a few nerves, but outside of one flub — which Baker has assured me won't make it out of the editing room — it went extremely well.

This flub with some of the bottles is frustrating to say the least.

And when public money floats too much of the economy, there's a reluctance to risk the flow by drawing attention to flubs or frauds.

Even after members of Cuomo's own team acknowledged that his response was «unartful,» he continued making cringeworthy flubs, like referring to himself as an «undocumented person.»

Mr. Stewart took time to skewer Mr. Grimm, who threatened to throw a NY1 reporter off a balcony, but saved his fire for the little - known Mr. Recchia, savaging the former councilman for a series of verbal flubs that have haunted him on the campaign trail.

A Board of Elections flub up in 2010 brought ballots overseas to U.S. soldiers from Queens and other NYS counties too late for them to be received back by the initial deadline.

In situations where consumers must average ratio information, such as comparing the fuel efficiency of two cars using the ratio miles per gallon, they often flub the numbers by incorrectly assuming the mathematic equation to find miles per gallon would be to average the sum of the mileage of both cars and then divide by two, instead of using a more complex equation needed to accurately compare ratios.

Get involved with a cause close to your heart, study a subject that intrigues you, or learn a new skill — and do nt give up: a recent study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies shows that even when a steep learning curve (like when you flub that salsa step in dance class) is stressful in the short - term, hanging in there pays off in greater happiness down the line.

It's hardly the worst of Fung's science flubs.

Since stress triggers weight - welcoming hormones, stressing over your vacation flubs will take away the benefits of your carefree mood and cause you to actually gain more weight.

Didja catch the Oscar's last night???? From Viola's acceptance speech to that final flub up of the biggest award... what a night.

In the iconic concluding stretch of the «Anvil of Crom», the augmented brass section races ahead of the percussion, while more than one flub mars the extended «The Kitchen / The Orgy» cue from the Varese release.

... Some technical flubs and one mixed - bag lead performance aside, the production was genuinely thrilling, taking chances with the staging of a classic but controversial Broadway show, much more daring than previous live musical broadcasts like «The Sound of Music» or «Peter Pan.»

Taking Lives» trailer plus a 3 - minute «gag reel» of line flubs and Jolie's botched attempts to break a mirror round out the special features; trailers for The Big Bounce 2004, Starsky & Hutch, and Triggerman precede the main menu.

There's something wrong with a film which has more entertainment value in watching the flubs during the closing credits than in the 90 minutes of the actual story.

I watched the outtakes on the DVD set and I loved seeing how you kept the spirit of the show even in a flub.

Moonlight was a deeply personal film for Jenkins, and he's since said that the Oscar flub kind of ruined the whole ceremony for him.

After taking responsibility for the epic best picture flub at the Oscars last year, Tim Ryan of PwC got down to business.

Not a particularly good audiobook either — some readers are more natural than others, and many of their readings seem to have been filmed in one take; Franco, for instance, noticeably flubs his lines at one point.

After the biggest flub in Oscars history saw La La Land wrongly named best picture, accounting firm in charge of balloting faces new backstage protocols

Offering a candid look at his creative process, it illustrates the actor's aptitude for improvising, as he runs through a number of gags, voices, and jokes at an amazing speed, some of which didn't at all make it into the film, with only the occasional flub.

Even the sure - shot bloopers run during end credits have that «knowingly crafted to look like genuine gaffes» which, if truly the case, is further indicative of how bankrupt the comedy is when they can't even flub lines as funny as they used to.

MAN ON FIRE (Grade: B): In this remake of a flop 1987 vigilante movie, Denzel Washington plays a washed - up, alcoholic, ex-CIA operative who goes on the vengeance trail when he flubs his last - chance job as bodyguard to a wealthy Mexico City family.

Opening with a montage of celebrity testimonials (never a good sign), The Disaster Artist briefly rescues itself with its first scene, in which a 20 - year - old Sestero (Dave Franco) flubs his way through Waiting For Godot in front of his San Francisco acting class.

By closing Giamatti's character off from the main story, director Brad Peyton («Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore») and screenwriter Carlton Cuse (ABC's «Lost») flub the very thing they're trying to do and end up underlining the uselessness of all the characters they've put on screeOf Kitty Galore») and screenwriter Carlton Cuse (ABC's «Lost») flub the very thing they're trying to do and end up underlining the uselessness of all the characters they've put on screeof all the characters they've put on screen.

The Globes best - picture winners — Moonlight and La La Land — both ultimately ended up on the stage for the final award of the Oscars, with Moonlight emerging victorious only after the infamous envelope flub.

Outtakes Watch as Woody, Buzz and the rest of the cast flub, fumble and fluster their way through their scenes in these hilarious, animated blunders.

Last year's envelope flub was very much the cherry on top of a crystallised argument months in the making: La La Land v Moonlight.

In my opinion, Allen does flub the very end seconds of the film somewhat, stealing away what could have been a very poignant thematic capper, but the venture is entertaining enough along the way that questioning the direction that the film goes in its final moments is worth overlooking for the overall recommendation.

THE BAD: some horribly trite jokes liberally lifted from The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy and other older and oft - used sources, film - flubs galore (the girl who falls into bed under the covers, several darts hitting a car when only one flew out the window, the monster's position changing while on the table, etc.), the Inspector Kemp (Mars, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and Frau Blucher (Leachman, The Last Picture Show) characters, and Madeleine Kahn's (High Anxiety, History of the World Part I) singing.

Of course, last year's Oscars was overshadowed by the huge flub at the end with the Best Picture mix - up.

Roger flubs his part, the scene is cut, and Herman becomes a garrulous curmudgeon, screaming blue murder at the rabbit before storming off the cartoon set and into the grimy studio lot, possibly in search of a Montecristo No. 2.