bloopers

plural of blooper

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Noun
  • Read on to see the beauty blunders, silly styling and overall head-to-toe outfits that these stars regret.
    Tanisha Bhat, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Nearly all of them are blunders, offenses or revelations about the people Collins has put in top positions in his House office, his campaign office or both.
    AJC.com, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Most of the night went on without a hitch, with several show-stopping moments bringing the audience to their feet, but like every live event, there were a few flubs and a couple eyebrow-raising choices.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
  • There have been some embarrassing flubs.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • The issue is not that AI makes mistakes—human decision-making is also imperfect—but that models operate at a scale and speed that rapidly amplifies those errors faster than they can be discovered and addressed.
    Troy Holaday, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • But Boutros has acknowledged mistakes made in the case involving the Broadview protesters.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • For one, the data was self-reported, which can introduce inaccuracies.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 2 June 2026
  • His attorney, Joe Pace, disputes that claim and says the government relied heavily on inaccuracies in an old plea agreement that stated Munoz began dealing drugs before becoming a citizen.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • But as the wheels came off late in Game 2, with Canady allowing a seventh-inning home run to Texas’s Kayden Henry, followed by all those fielding miscues, one wondered whether the burden of being the bad guys finally did them in.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Henke forced a flyout to left field to keep the score tied, and Cambridge took over from there with the help of Lincoln-Sudbury miscues.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Johnny Carson made fun of politicians, but mostly their public goofs, not their policies.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • These compounding goofs demand accountability and a sober reassessment of the competence of American leadership.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Canseco's misplay – one of the most infamous gaffes in sports history – similarly resulted in a home run for the other team.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • It was so well presented with countless references to viral moments and gaffes.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Pope dropped clangers earlier in the season and weak concessions against Manchester City and Qarabag preceded Everton.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Bloopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloopers. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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