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Recent Examples of blooper
In the blooper reel, the Friends alum approaches the front desk at a hotel, popcorn bag in hand, asking to check into her room.
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter’s Oopsie-Daisy Sabrina Carpenter Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic
Stepping out in a glittery tux carrying (and promptly dropping) a sparkly dance cane, Sabrina Carpenter staged a classic Hollywood musical number as a blooper reel, complete with a full-troupe tap routine.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 3 Feb. 2025
The Giants’ best chance against Sale came in the first inning when Tyler Fitzgerald hit a blooper that fell in center field for a two-base error.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
The baby of the family even made a special appearance during one of the vice president's blooper reels during his race for a Senate seat.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter’s Oopsie-Daisy Sabrina Carpenter Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic
Stepping out in a glittery tux carrying (and promptly dropping) a sparkly dance cane, Sabrina Carpenter staged a classic Hollywood musical number as a blooper reel, complete with a full-troupe tap routine.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 3 Feb. 2025
The Giants’ best chance against Sale came in the first inning when Tyler Fitzgerald hit a blooper that fell in center field for a two-base error.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
The baby of the family even made a special appearance during one of the vice president's blooper reels during his race for a Senate seat.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blooper
Noun
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Then, in another sequence, Mahomes took a pratfall, aka flop.—
Bob Raissman,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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An early pratfall involving a faulty dishwasher proves a red herring; the director Lawrence Lamont and the screenwriter Syreeta Singleton find their best humor on the character level, in clever dialogue and sharp line deliveries from the entire ensemble.—
Natalia Winkelman,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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But the team with the biggest quarterback blunder from 2018 was the Arizona Cardinals, who made the decision to trade up to the No. 10 pick to take Josh Rosen.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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This week’s White House Report Card could have been a bad one, considering court rulings against President Donald Trump, staffing blunders, and a lack of movement on his tariff war that is starting to scare his supporters.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2025
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But more often than not, Moore holds the center of a movie, or drags a howler over the finish line with sheer presence, or simply gives a great performance.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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Either their ability to spot talent is crap or Man City have had a howler.—
Pol Ballús,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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For the Rockets, Jalen Green bounced back from his playoff debut flub in Game 1 with a huge performance to lead his team to tie the best-of-seven series.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Cuomo campaign’s matching funds flub comes after the ex-gov has in the past few days reeled from back-to-back public snafus.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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As part of this unconventional arrangement, CBS agrees to forever do things the Augusta way, which means that the booth talent forever navigates a minefield of potential lexical gaffes.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Though this group was on for two Florida goals, the first one should’ve been a relatively easy stop for Woll, and the second was the result of a Morgan Rielly gaffe.—
Nick Ashbourne,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Prolific bloomers in white, peach, apricot, pink, and red, the plants perform from late spring until the first frost of fall.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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As Posen walks through a dedicated space at Gap’s atelier there are design elements that weren’t expected: ultra-cropped bra tops, slip dresses, a skirt inspired by the bloomer trend, and there are even vegan denim pieces like a jacket.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Justice Department lawyers contend FBI agents acted in good faith despite the mistake and shouldn't be second-guessed by the courts.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Many twenty-year veterans still make rookie mistakes while quick-learning newcomers can rapidly surpass them in both skills and results.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Royals hurt by defensive miscues The Royals didn’t play the cleanest series against the Guardians.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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That’s when the game began to unravel with defensive miscues a key reason.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Blooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blooper. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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