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Recent Examples of blooper
Don’t worry, Austin Seibert’s subsequent extra point sailed wide, recalling an all-time NFL blooper from the Saints and Jaguars in 2003.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
In an article published by Collider on March 16, Jackson Rathbone — who played Jasper Hale — revealed that the makers of the Twilight films put together a blooper reel of star Kristen Stewart swearing.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
The highlight here, really worth checking out, is a wonderful collage, coming in at about the 20-minute (!) mark, sort of an Oscars blooper reel.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
In the blooper reel, the Friends alum approaches the front desk at a hotel, popcorn bag in hand, asking to check into her room.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
In an article published by Collider on March 16, Jackson Rathbone — who played Jasper Hale — revealed that the makers of the Twilight films put together a blooper reel of star Kristen Stewart swearing.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
The highlight here, really worth checking out, is a wonderful collage, coming in at about the 20-minute (!) mark, sort of an Oscars blooper reel.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
In the blooper reel, the Friends alum approaches the front desk at a hotel, popcorn bag in hand, asking to check into her room.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blooper
Noun
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What follows is a melee of pratfalls and freak-outs, a guffaw-worthy display by such a fine group of actors.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
21 May 2025
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Matt is out of his league and his next pratfall is always just around the corner.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Viewers speculated whether this was a blunder, power play or something else.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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Many of the nation’s biggest military blunders occurred because there wasn’t enough diversity in the armed forces.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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Why capuchins appear to be abducting baby howlers is still unclear, but the team examined multiple possibilities.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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Further observation of the video and cross-checking among researchers revealed that the small figure was actually a monkey of a different species — a baby howler.—
Marlowe Starling,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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Pam Bondi's early Epstein flub was a symptom of trying to do too much at once, and toss some meat to the base to keep them sated.—
Tal Axelrod,
Axios,
20 May 2025
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No injuries were reported, and the NTSB found that a maintenance flub and an engine lubrication anomaly led to the power cutoff.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Three of the Padres’ first four runs scored via some combination of good baserunning and/or Angels gaffe.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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While speaking at Harvard, the former president made a gaffe and had to be corrected by his longtime adviser Mike Donilon, who is a resident fellow at the school, according to The Harvard Crimson.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
19 Apr. 2025
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This native wildflower is a prolific bloomer, flowering spring through fall despite summer heat, drought, and poor soil.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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The flower is a mid-season bloomer, lighting up gardens with bursts of color during the summer. 6.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 May 2025
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Playing in the first group, Wong birdied the second hole and made up for his lone mistake (a bogey on No. 3) with birdies at seven and 11 to maintain a slim lead.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Maybe teams won’t make the mistake the Avalanche did and move Rantanen too soon.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The miscues didn’t hurt as New York won its 14th consecutive road victory beating the Braves, 12-1. 1925 — In Detroit’s 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, Ty Cobb became the first to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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Timeout, Tom Thibodeau, frustrated and disappointed by his team’s defensive miscues.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
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“Blooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blooper. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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