1
a
: a fly ball hit barely beyond a baseball infield
b
: a high baseball pitch lobbed to the batter
2
: an embarrassing public blunder
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For years, humanoid robots appeared only occasionally—usually in the form of viral clips of the Boston Dynamics Atlas doing parkour or RoboCup humanoid league bloopers that served more as comic relief than serious news.
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Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
A couple of infield bloopers in the top of the second inning put runners on, two of whom scored for a 2-0 Rangers lead.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
After Kyle Teel’s oppo-blooper found grass, the Twins were down 4-0.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
The bloopers were just slow enough to give the Reds time to run.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
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Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
A couple of infield bloopers in the top of the second inning put runners on, two of whom scored for a 2-0 Rangers lead.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
After Kyle Teel’s oppo-blooper found grass, the Twins were down 4-0.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
The bloopers were just slow enough to give the Reds time to run.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Blooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blooper. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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