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pratfall

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Definition of pratfall

as in spill

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Recent Examples of pratfall 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 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 See All Example Sentences for pratfall

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Oceanographers seized on the spill and started tracking the toys to study ocean currents.

— Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
The watershed department, days after the June 27 incident, said the chemical spill at the South River facility did not cause the fish kill.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of spill

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Two meteor showers — the Alpha Capricornids and Southern Delta Aquarids — are set to peak at the same time over the next two nights, creating a rare double-header for California stargazers.

— James Ward, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Zidane scored a brace of bullet headers in the 3-0 win against Brazil, earning France its inaugural star above the badge.

— Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

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Cox, who’s been vacationing with Aniston and her boyfriend Jim Curtis off the coast of Mallorca, looked radiant in a white slip dress embroidered with floral designs.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026
In an X-ray area, an employee was running explosives samples through a machine that printed out moisture levels on a diagnostic slip that looked like a receipt.

— Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

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Wells, 18, disappeared July 4 during a boat trip with three friends to Horn Island in Jackson, Mississippi, and his body was recovered two days later by a National Park Service ranger on a nearby island.

— Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Crump is handling the case of Nolan Wells, a Black student athlete who died on a boat trip in Mississippi with white friends over the July 4th weekend.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

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Despite those stumbles, domestic ticket sales are roughly 10% above 2025, according to Rentrak, and the summer season is expected to surpass $4 billion for the second time since the pandemic upended the industry.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 July 2026
Biden's halting gait, frail appearance and frequent verbal stumbles eventually doomed his 2024 reelection campaign.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Definition of stumble

Noun

Getting everything out is so chaotic that guests start coming down the slide before they’re even done.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
Japan has been struggling to curb a slide that pushes up import prices, stokes inflation, and weighs on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s approval ratings.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

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