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Recent Examples of bloomer
This lovely night-bloomer is cold-hardy only in Zones 7–10.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
In more recent years, fleeting trends and other fashion antics sometimes sidetracked Armani, especially on the runway, where aviator hats or tricky pants — from bloomers to loose, low-crotch styles — won him barbs from critics.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Currently, her brand Charlie Beads offers more than 14+ colorways in the short bloomer style, including plaids, stripes, polka dots, gingham, and more.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, at Copenhagen Fashion Week in August, show-goers seemed to favor the print above the usual suspects — florals, stripes and leopard spots — with several completing their looks with dotted neck ties, windbreakers, blazers, bloomer shorts or bandanas.
—Natalie Hammond, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
In more recent years, fleeting trends and other fashion antics sometimes sidetracked Armani, especially on the runway, where aviator hats or tricky pants — from bloomers to loose, low-crotch styles — won him barbs from critics.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Currently, her brand Charlie Beads offers more than 14+ colorways in the short bloomer style, including plaids, stripes, polka dots, gingham, and more.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, at Copenhagen Fashion Week in August, show-goers seemed to favor the print above the usual suspects — florals, stripes and leopard spots — with several completing their looks with dotted neck ties, windbreakers, blazers, bloomer shorts or bandanas.
—Natalie Hammond, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloomer
Noun
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Were there any funny blooper moments?—
Breanne L. Heldman,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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Some of her research comprises little more than yearbooks’ blooper reels, and that’s all right by me.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Howl at the moon, like your new howler, capuchin and spider monkey neighbors!—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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On an island off Panama, male capuchins were observed repeatedly abducting baby howlers.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Try brick-oven pizza at Domenica or cocktails at Surreal Bar.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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During the ceremony, three memorial bricks installed in the park will be unveiled.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Tampa Bay had cemented itself as the league’s most entertaining programming, but the recent pratfall knocked its NFC Championship odds down to +1200, sandwiched between San Francisco and Seattle.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Cooper gets considerable humorous mileage out of his goofy stoner role, starting with a guffaw-inducing pratfall entrance involving an exploding carton of oat milk.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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The post 9/11 blunders in which Cheney played a part can be tied to the rise of ISIS, perennial instability in the Middle East, the migrant crisis and the crushing debt burden ($38 trillion and counting) that looms over the US economy.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Potential adversaries interpret political action in zero-sum terms; see malice and evil design in mere blunders and coincidence; trumpet necessity rather than navigate choice; and, in extreme cases, invent pretext or promise profit to make more palatable a dubious cause.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Jennifer Lawrence would like a surgeon’s help getting back to some version of her prebaby boobs.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
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PlatinumGames share many of the same predilections at Team Ninja (mainly boobs and violence) but carved their own niche as the creators of hyper-kinetic action games like Bayonetta that stretch the boundaries of what the human attention span can manage.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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That’s because investors often interpret diversity crises as signs of systemic failure, rather than isolated mistakes.—
Prachi Gala,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Same for Dax Hill, focusing on going back to work and correcting mistakes.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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The story was updated because an earlier version had an inaccuracy.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Even McCarthy, who completed 14 of 25 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns (plus a rushing touchdown), mentioned inaccuracies and his inability to throttle down outside of the pocket.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Bloomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloomer. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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