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Together with impressive baking skills, intricate handshakes, imposing royal manners and — spoiler alert — double the happy endings, hijinks and hilarity ensue in The Princess Switch, with or without the bloopers. — Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, "Fans Spotted Mistakes in Netflix's "The Princess Switch," Including Vanessa Hudgens's Body Double," 19 Nov. 2018 When Mariah Carey strolled onto the field in towering high heels to toss out a first pitch in 2008, the result was a famous blooper. — Malia Wollan, New York Times, "How to Throw Out a Ceremonial First Pitch," 3 July 2018 Then came three more hits, the first on a broken-bat blooper to right field by Matt Olson, and the Mariners found themselves in a 3-0 hole. — Scott Hanson, The Seattle Times, "Mariners rally in 11th, end A’s chances at AL West title," 25 Sep. 2018 Mikie Mahtook led off with a single to right field, followed by a Nicholas Castellanos blooper. — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Tigers can't hold on, lose to Chicago Cubs 5-3," 3 July 2018 But the scoreless deadlock ended in the ninth when Starling Marte dropped down a textbook bunt off Marlins closer Brad Ziegler to start the inning and scored on Dickerson's blooper, which fell in between the mound and first base. — Clark Spencer, miamiherald, "Ninth-inning bad bunt was a beauty for the Pirates in win over Marlins | Miami Herald," 14 Apr. 2018 The actress, 41, shared a blooper reel from season 11 to Instagram on Wednesday as part of her ongoing nostalgia posts leading up to her final episode — which also happens to be the season 14 finale, airing Thursday. — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, "Jessica Capshaw Shares Grey’s Anatomy Bloopers Featuring Ellen Pompeo Before Final Episode," 16 May 2018 There's JaVale McGee bloopers, Russell Westbrook outfits, Twitter beefs and Nick Young being Nick Young. — Rick Maese, chicagotribune.com, "NBA Twitter: A sports bar that doesn't close, where the stars pull up a seat next to you," 31 May 2018 Senior first baseman Austin Bain then hit a blooper to left field that the outfielder dove for and just barely missed, bringing Duplantis in to tie the game. — Brody Miller, NOLA.com, "Ma'Khail Hilliard out-duels Auburn star Casey Mize in huge LSU win," 18 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blooper.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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