bloopers

plural of blooper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloopers
Noun
  • Against Brent Venables’ otherwise elite defense, Arch Manning had a nicely tidy day, completing 21 of 27 passes with no major blunders and 200 total yards.
    Sam Settleman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The View has a storied history with fashion blunders.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The examples of late-game flubs are, unfortunately, endless.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Bahr sees this as being connected to policy flubs and misdirection.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This is true for tour guides, who witness the majority of these mistakes firsthand on the ground.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Great coaches such as John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Nick Saban and Pete Carroll integrated a variety of mental health techniques to help players reduce stress and mistakes while increasing focus, confidence and flow.
    Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some die-hard fans may prefer the simpler PlayStation localization, but the development team ditched it due to its numerous errors and inaccuracies.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Some experts, however, pointed out that the beverage consumption was self-reported and may have some inaccuracies.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Between the miscues and an injury-laden defense that forced only one punt, Detroit couldn’t come up with a winning effort.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Josh Allen had two of those miscues, finishing 22-of-31 for 253 yards and two touchdowns while throwing an interception and losing a fumble.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One hundred fifty five days later, the Guardians have regained pole position in the AL Central, once again the result of a frenetic flash of bunts, chops and goofs that converted a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 advantage.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • San Jose played with more structure and mostly took better care of the puck that night until a pair of embarrassing gaffes by goalie Alex Nedeljkovic led to a heartbreaking loss.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Cutting down on defensive gaffes that surely stick out in voters’ minds will vault him into a group with the best rearguards in the sport.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • During the incident, one of the officers drops his gun and fumbles for it.
    Meg Anderson, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Receiver Zay Flowers lost two fumbles in the second half, giving Matthew Stafford and the now 4-2 Rams extra chances to put the game away.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Bloopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloopers. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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