pratfalls

noun

plural of pratfall
as in spills

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  1. spills
  2. falls
  3. missteps
  4. trips
  5. stumbles
  6. headers
  7. slips
Noun
  • Attacks on ships and oil infrastructure in the waterway have produced oil spills visible from space.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • That gig included maintaining a coffee station, restocking the restroom and mopping up spills.
    — Brian Niemietz, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of spills
Noun
  • The fund can be tapped when the economy sours and revenue falls.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In senior living communities across multiple states, including Arizona and Pennsylvania, Paul has helped reduce falls by up to 72%.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of falls
Noun
  • Many errors and missteps followed that initial turnover in the Bulls’ 135-92 season-opening loss.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement Internal missteps have only tightened external bottlenecks.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of missteps
Noun
  • Ambulances and medical helicopters made trips to and from the site, while unscathed survivors were put on buses.
    — JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • This velvet travel case is a much more efficient alternative to tossing jewelry into a plastic baggie on trips.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of trips
Noun
  • Sometimes there were big stumbles — notably episodes where characters played by Jane Krakowski and Jon Hamm were in blackface.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Real breakthroughs rarely come without some stumbles and failures.
    — John Abou, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of stumbles
Noun
  • To help textile mills assess the impact of their headers, Fabscrap also developed a Smart Swatch Scorecard, which assigns header designs a grade, based on the number of components and the relative ease of disassembling them.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The software also supports OCR, redaction, repair, batch processing, and compression, as well as headers, footers, page numbers, and watermarks.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of headers
Noun
  • Israelis voting on Tuesday will encounter a smorgasbord of ballot slips printed with the initials and names of no less than 36 parties in the election.
    — Lia Lapidot Aaron Boxerman and Lia Lapidot, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Renshaw also began a second bowling stint and Verreynne tried to cut him but gave Steve Smith a slips catch and Renshaw his second wicket of the innings, and of his career.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of slips
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