blooper

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Recent Examples of blooper Fairbanks then overcame a blooper dropping in to start the ninth to pick up the save. Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025 The credit sequence features a blooper reel of near-calamities. Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025 The blooper clip opens with Bailey, 37, goofing off for the camera as a firearm-toting Johansson looks off the side of a boat, a serious expression on her face. Jen Juneau, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025 Following Lopez, reliever Elvis Alvarado nearly threw two spotless frames with four strikeouts until a 70 mph blooper to right resulted in a double that took him out of the game. Sacbee.com, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for blooper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blooper
Noun
  • 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
  • Again, Gardner ports a movie type onto the sketch-comedy stage and turns up the volume just enough for the character to seem hilariously damaged, culminating in a Melissa McCarthy–worthy pratfall.
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • His biggest accident was no blunder in the mountains, but becoming a billionaire.
    Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some began adding more blunders to the list when the Blue Jays dropped two games at the Rogers Centre to begin the ALCS — when Schneider offered up more pitching changes for fans to debate.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Howl at the moon, like your new howler, capuchin and spider monkey neighbors!
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • On an island off Panama, male capuchins were observed repeatedly abducting baby howlers.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • There have been some high-profile flubs, however, including Netflix and Tesla .
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
  • These days Guthrie is unafraid to open about an on-air flub.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The two teams traded special teams gaffes.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Bad center snaps, dropped passes, pre-snap penalties, gaffes by the defensive secondary.
    Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Another fragrant fall bloomer is Heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens); its olfactory delight is provided by its powerfully redolent blooms.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
  • That was the year of Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, Joe Mixon, Alvin Kamara, Kareem Hunt, James Conner, Aaron Jones, Austin Ekeler and late-bloomer Leonard Fournette.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Let the rookie learn on the fly, make mistakes, and grow.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Get your fruit trees off to a strong start by avoiding these common planting mistakes.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But another third-down miscue came when Jones held the ball too long and was sacked, leading to a 52-yard field goal, the first of Piñeiro’s four (52, 54, 42 and 29 yards).
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But there were some key miscues from the Lions that ultimately left them behind.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Blooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blooper. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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