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pratfall

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Definition of pratfall

as in spill

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Recent Examples of pratfall Even so, Cooper, whatever his pratfalls, doesn’t tumble into the trap of derailing his own movie. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025 Tampa Bay had cemented itself as the league’s most entertaining programming, but the recent pratfall knocked its NFC Championship odds down to +1200, sandwiched between San Francisco and Seattle. — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 26 Oct. 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 See All Example Sentences for pratfall

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Noun

Investors are on the lookout for any signs of cracks in the AI rally that could turn into larger spills.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Bagsmart is known for its spacious, spill-proof totes that sell thousands every month, and this new arrival from the brand ups the style factor while staying true to its practical, travel-ready design.

— Annie Blackman, InStyle, 8 July 2026

Definition of spill

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Instead much of the motion occurs through aseismic slip—a slow, silent release of strain that produces little or no seismic shaking.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
This episode does a really great job at portraying Rhaenyra’s slip toward madness or, if not madness per se, then a much more unhinged version of her former self.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of slip

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The Herald could not independently verify communications between the airline and government officials, and the carrier has not publicly commented on the circumstances surrounding the aborted trip.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Wells went missing on the 4th of July after going on a boat trip with his high school friends to the popular, undeveloped Horn Island, just south of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, according to officials and Crump.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 9 July 2026

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At Emory University in Atlanta this fall, undergraduate students whose families earn $200,000 or less will pay no tuition.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 8 July 2026
OpenAI and Alphabet got a head start over Meta in offering similar image-generation models, with Google’s Nano Banana becoming a hit with consumers when it was released last fall.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Definition of fall

Noun

While people are generally gracious about missteps, recent surges in tourist numbers are starting to strain that vaunted hospitality.

— Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
Minor missteps—or sometimes simply existing in a visible role—can become grounds for scrutiny and criticism.

— Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of misstep

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Early offense from Rushing and Shohei Ohtani backed Eric Lauer’s six innings, while bullpen stumbles allowed Colorado to force extra innings.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The filmmakers cut freely and rapidly among the duo’s poses, their stumbles, their fears, their tightrope walks across precarious beams in the sky.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 July 2026

Definition of stumble

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The bank said previous interventions had only temporarily interrupted the yen’s slide before USD/JPY resumed climbing, and expects a similar pattern if authorities intervene again.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 6 July 2026
In this climate, a wider conflict, with NATO – the enemy Putin has always railed against – could both explain Moscow’s slow slide into stalemate in Ukraine and help justify a wider war, or even full-scale mobilization inside Russia.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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