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Recent Examples of pratfall
Even the pratfalls and the puns and double entendres..
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Peter Larsen,
Daily News,
2 Dec. 2025
Cooper gets considerable humorous mileage out of his goofy stoner role, starting with a guffaw-inducing pratfall entrance involving an exploding carton of oat milk.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Again, Gardner ports a movie type onto the sketch-comedy stage and turns up the volume just enough for the character to seem hilariously damaged, culminating in a Melissa McCarthy–worthy pratfall.
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Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
The pratfall was, in one producer’s memory, a small eureka moment.
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Ruby Tandoh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Peter Larsen,
Daily News,
2 Dec. 2025
Cooper gets considerable humorous mileage out of his goofy stoner role, starting with a guffaw-inducing pratfall entrance involving an exploding carton of oat milk.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Again, Gardner ports a movie type onto the sketch-comedy stage and turns up the volume just enough for the character to seem hilariously damaged, culminating in a Melissa McCarthy–worthy pratfall.
—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
The pratfall was, in one producer’s memory, a small eureka moment.
—
Ruby Tandoh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pratfall
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Fanttik positions it for fresh spills and everyday fabric accidents, including wine, milk, tomato sauce, mud and pet footprints.
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Their mission is a last-ditch attempt to contain a catastrophic oil spill.
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Tumi Moshobane slipped a sneaky header into the net in the 69th minute, erasing the foul taste after a 5-1 loss at Forward Madison that AC Boise coach called the one of the worst technical performances from any of his teams.
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The Cape Verde lead lasted 23 minutes until Uruguay’s Maxi Araujo scored the equalizer on a header from close range.
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England drew with Ghana in a slip-n-slide rainy match in Boston on Tuesday.
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Alphabet saw its stock slip after two of the company’s prominent AI researchers left for rival companies OpenAI and Anthropic.
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The Falcons’ second-year running back joined defensive lineman Zach Harrison, team president and CEO Greg Beadles and several other members of the organization in an early March trip overseas with Compassion International.
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Mary returns to the Gardiners, and re-connects with a newly single Tom Hayward during a trip to the lakes — which is crashed by Ryder and Caroline Bingley.
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While Dowell was largely dominant Friday, his second run did include a fall, one of many throughout the competition, even for a field that featured seven former gold medalists in the event.
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Suzuki took him deep in the NL Division series last fall.
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Starmer announced his plan to resign on Monday after two years in office marked by missteps and judgment errors that eroded his standing with his party and the public.
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And courageous leadership looks like putting the human before the tasks and owning our missteps while working to make things right.
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But the history of VTOL aircraft is littered with costly stumbles.
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Despite the tough start for her home team, Sam noted that Australia's early stumble shouldn't overshadow the massive growth of soccer in the United States.
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The team went on a 1-6-1 slide before the World Cup break and sits in 12th place in the 16-team league.
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Coach’s sneakers, slides, and sandals are all crafted with the same quality and attention to detail as its purses, and the Brynn Sandal is no exception.
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“Pratfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pratfall. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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