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Recent Examples of boo-boo That’s why the pushback by politicians against Homeland Security’s big, beautiful boo-boo has been quick — and hilarious. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 When Cody trips and falls in the grass, his friends band together to comfort him and get him a bandage for his boo-boo. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 May 2025 Junior Colson made a large rookie boo-boo, hitting a sliding Maye late. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2024 The Sun newspaper reports that Robinson made the boo-boo Friday morning during the BBC’s flagship current affairs radio show The Today Programme. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024 In his first start in two weeks, Marc-Andre Fleury survived a first-shift boo-boo and made 28 saves to improve to 4-0-1. Michael Russo, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 The Sun newspaper reports that Robinson made the boo-boo Friday morning during the BBC’s flagship current affairs radio show The Today Programme. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024 Advertisement The ‘biggies’ Here are the big boo-boos that justify packing up your pruners for the day and going inside for a timeout. Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024 And because blue cats were purposely introduced in Virginia decades ago to boost recreational fishing opportunities, nobody wants to talk about how that was ultimately a boo-boo. Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boo-boo
Noun
  • My family has a history of a lot of the same mistakes, especially among the men.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025
  • Jumping onto Andrew Cuomo’s leaky ship was a devastating mistake for the pro-Israel movement.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Even with good intentions, these salon blunders are better avoided, according to experts.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 June 2025
  • Other big moments in Trump’s presidency include the leak of U.S. military attack plans to Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, what was widely considered to be the first major blunder of his second term.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • That poll surveyed 658 Virginia residents between May 12 and May 19, and has a weighted margin of error of 5.25 percent.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • Many small business workers may not have digital access or face language barriers when missing paperwork or tech errors can result in automatic loss of coverage.
    Rhett Buttle, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025

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“Boo-boo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boo-boo. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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