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pratfall

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Definition of pratfall

as in spill

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Recent Examples of pratfall And in fitting Tomlin style, Pittsburgh let a chance to wrap up the division slip away during a three-hour pratfall in the muck at Cleveland last weekend. — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026 And Brooker would likely be the first to acknowledge the pratfalls of such an endeavor. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025 No one questions Rob’s manhood, and Rob himself is undeniably comfortably in his skin; even his pratfalls are laced with a wiry athleticism. — John Glynn, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025 Even so, Cooper, whatever his pratfalls, doesn’t tumble into the trap of derailing his own movie. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pratfall

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The 2021 spill was related to poor maintenance, not an overwhelming amount of rain, said Mark Gold, director of the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations program at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
The agency said ballast tanks are not built to carry fuel, raising the risk of a spill.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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Defender Lucas Bartlett took a corner kick from Keisuke Kurokawa and scored with a header to pull DC United even in the 65th minute.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The midfielder netted a header into the top middle of the goal from close range off a corner kick from Angelina for her sixth goal of the campaign.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026

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At present, tanker owners transiting the Strait of Hormuz must pay single trip hull insurance premiums equivalent to 6% to 10% of the vessel’s overall value.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
But the pueblo blanco of Casares makes a good day trip, though meals are on the basic side in the town’s restaurants and cafes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

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At 25 minutes per episode, the show is designed for streaming services, and it has been given an innovative rollout in Germany this fall, when three episodes will launch on ZDF’s streaming service, with Episode 1 also available on YouTube.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Rather than arenas, Smith is continuing the To Be Free global residency, which kicked off last fall at Brooklyn’s Warsaw and has included runs at San Francisco’s historic Castro Theatre, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of fall

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As critical fire weather approached, the LAFD pre-deployed only a few extra fire crews, a misstep that The Times detailed in February 2025.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Critics portrayed me as weak for backtracking within forty-eight hours and apologizing for my misstep… the conflict.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of misstep

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But putting America on a presentation slide and actually establishing yourself in the US motorcycle market are two very different propositions.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
Then, the film cuts to show our protagonist’s hand hovering in front of a slide projector displaying a plot of cheap land in South Carolina where nuclear weapons were developed during the Cold War.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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