bloopers

plural of blooper

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloopers
Noun
  • Again, special teams blunders set the defense up in poor position, but the defense ultimately coughed up big gains on the ground.
    Mike Kaye September 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Just as Russ is about to reach the pinnacle of college athletic achievement, a pair of blunders torpedo the season, his public image and his future professional career.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Bahr sees this as being connected to policy flubs and misdirection.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Character animations are slick, but reliable in their control and inertia — rarely leading to flubs caused by anything other than player error.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, from time to time mistakes will be made and we will not be held liable.
    Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • From a potentially serious injury sustained by linebacker Dwight Nunoo to a multitude of mistakes, Saturday’s 51-10 loss to the host Connecticut Huskies (4-2) was devastating to FIU (2-3).
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But Applegreen disputed that claim and argued Global Partners was promoting misrepresentations and inaccuracies.
    Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
  • For one, Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT, like many generative AI tools, are subject to inaccuracies and can frequently overlook and/or misinterpret critical information.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And despite the defense forcing its first turnover in a calendar month (four on the night), Charlotte’s frequent miscues and bad defense resulted in their fourth loss through five games.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Alex Bregman was very blunt in his assessment of the defensive miscues.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 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
  • Even diligent Webberheads will need to overlook certain gaffes, like a hero who seems to have tied himself up in a climactic moment and a Stygian lair well marked with glowing Exit signs.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Yes, plenty of errors were made — six of them by shortstop Trevor Story in September alone — but errors are different from gaffes.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the first half alone, FIU lost two fumbles — Devonte Lyons had the other one — had one pass intercepted and one punt deflected.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Charlotte forced two fumbles in the first half, with defensive linemen Caleb Irving and linebacker Reid Williford punching the ball out to stop the bleeding early in the action.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Bloopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloopers. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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