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Recent Examples of blooper
The Giants’ best chance against Sale came in the first inning when Tyler Fitzgerald hit a blooper that fell in center field for a two-base error.
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Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
The baby of the family even made a special appearance during one of the vice president's blooper reels during his race for a Senate seat.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
But that's not even White's favorite blooper of all time.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Orioles designated hitter Eloy Jimenez, formerly of the White Sox, was at the plate and hit a blooper toward the left field foul line.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024
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Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
The baby of the family even made a special appearance during one of the vice president's blooper reels during his race for a Senate seat.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
But that's not even White's favorite blooper of all time.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Orioles designated hitter Eloy Jimenez, formerly of the White Sox, was at the plate and hit a blooper toward the left field foul line.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blooper
Noun
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An early pratfall involving a faulty dishwasher proves a red herring; the director Lawrence Lamont and the screenwriter Syreeta Singleton find their best humor on the character level, in clever dialogue and sharp line deliveries from the entire ensemble.—
Natalia Winkelman,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Breaking creates the easiest laugh available in comedy this side of a pratfall.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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The blunder occurred while Trump, 78, was speaking with reporters at Joint Base Andrews military facility in Maryland after giving a speech at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 14.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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The longer-term question is how much more patience and grace Trump’s base will grant Bondi, who already bears scars as the central figure in arguably the administration’s earliest blunder.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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But more often than not, Moore holds the center of a movie, or drags a howler over the finish line with sheer presence, or simply gives a great performance.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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Either their ability to spot talent is crap or Man City have had a howler.—
Pol Ballús,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Recent flubs committed by influencers selected to lead high-profile interviews have left many onlookers asking, where are the journalists?—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Emma Stone, Oprah work out flubs at Oscar rehearsal: 'This isn't really real' What makes the perfect GlamBOT?—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Some Wheel of Fortune gaffes are simply more cringe-worthy than others.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Read more Adrien Brody gives powerful Oscar speech after Best Actor win The worst Super Bowl ads of 2025 Hulu's Oscars gaffe, email error sparks anger During the ceremony, Oscars host Conan O'Brien poked fun at the Dune star's outfit color choice.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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In Central Texas, early bloomers are a bit sparse this year — but that leaves more room for later spring and summer flowers to thrive.—
Shafaq Patel,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Sweet alyssum and stock, which are members of the mustard family (that includes cabbage and broccoli) are winter bloomers with both leaves and flowers that are edible.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
30 Jan. 2025
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How does that kind of high-consequence mistake happen?—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Piastri, who made a mistake that cost him the win at the Australian GP last week, capitalized on clean air in Shanghai to steadily build his advantage as the race evolved into a strategic battle between one and two-stop strategies.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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With Smith coming off a career-high eight miscues against McNeese in the round of 32, Houston’s harassing defenders are likely frothing at the mouth.—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Sharks took the lead at 2:13 of the second, thanks to a defensive miscue by the B’s.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Blooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blooper. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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