bloopers

plural of blooper

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloopers
Noun
  • Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • Once again, Towns, who hadn’t gotten into foul trouble in what felt like a basketball eternity, pulled off a series of blunders, picking up two fouls in the game’s opening 62 seconds.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • In a recent Instagram post, the 56-year-old former TV journalist uploaded a montage of her past on-air flubs alongside a message about perseverance and living with dyslexia.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The team's mistakes cost the players early on when Germany scored in the 2nd minute to earn the lead.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
  • Sure, a lot of the mistakes or poor moments in defense can be waved away by recognizing that most of the team’s best defenders were sitting on the bench when the Turks wheeled away in delight with Ayhan’s goal.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • For a time, his family would track the inaccuracies, said Magloire, who admits to having no memory of those days, though the story was repeatedly told to him by his parents over the years.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
  • For one, the data was self-reported, which can introduce inaccuracies.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • The miscues, manager John Schneider said, need to be minimized.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Atlanta scored 20 points off those miscues and dominated the paint, finishing with 60 points inside.
    Christopher Harris, CBS News, 19 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
  • Or all the times Republicans went after former President Joe Biden’s gaffes?
    S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
  • 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
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 28 Jun. 2026.

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