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Recent Examples of pratfall
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.
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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
The pratfall was, in one producer’s memory, a small eureka moment.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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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
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
Noun
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Victory saw the vast majority spill onto the pitch to celebrate.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Once cooled, dab Vaseline around the edges and over the spill.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Neves also produced a diving header from a wide free kick in PSG’s 4-2 league-phase win against Manchester City last season, and made an excellent near-post run at an inswinging corner to rise highest and glance in a header during that 5-4 defeat of Bayern in this year’s semi-finals.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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The first-place Royals (7-2-3), unbeaten in their last 10, leveled the match on Kiana Palacios’ header in the 44th minute.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 May 2026
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That latter slip occurs even before the opening credits are done rolling, during which our hero, Nate Wilcox (Bargatze), lays out the status quo in a voiceover.—
Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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What impact do seemingly trivial managerial slips have on team members?—
Inga Bielińska,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Europe, and the promise of a trip to Leipzig, had brought fans, board and management back together.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The Sailors were three outs away from advancing to the school’s first trip a CIF-SS baseball championship game.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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That fall, Hulst joined Serna and miler Steve Scott at UC Irvine, the trio leading the Anteaters to the 1976 NCAA Division II cross country title.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Late summer and early fall have a couple dozen dates on the books but nothing in Boston yet.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Lawmakers need to find ways to raise additional, sustainable revenue over the long term to avoid past budget missteps and support the state’s neediest residents, Martwick said.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2026
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And in the intervening years, there definitely were some tragic missteps during vaccine development and administration.—
Diana Gitig,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2026
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The recovery was marked by additional stumbles, reversing course on traffic checkpoints, tax relief for wildfire victims and the need for a single recovery chief.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Arteta and Arsenal have also had to withstand almighty pressure and a media that have feasted on every one of their stumbles.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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In slide two, Gomez posed in front of Jean-Georges at The Connaught Hotel wearing a simple white slip dress with a soft v-neck cardigan in the same ivory shade.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
25 May 2026
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Judge, who entered in a 1-for-24 slide, hit his fourth walk-off homer, his first since 2022, ending the Yankees' fastest game of the season after 2 hours, 12 minutes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
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“Pratfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pratfall. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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