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Recent Examples of blooper
The other three hits Ryan allowed were a leadoff blooper by Jeremy Peña and two infield singles.
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CBS News,
21 May 2026
Hopefully, that read through will be released as an entire blooper reel.
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Reshma Gopaldas,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
The bunt was in play there, led to a couple of runs there with the Vargas blooper.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
Various bloopers have plagued the Royals and Mets alike — blame players running into each other and dropping fly balls, poor baserunning and leaky bullpens.
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Pj Green,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for blooper
CBS News,
21 May 2026
Hopefully, that read through will be released as an entire blooper reel.
—
Reshma Gopaldas,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
The bunt was in play there, led to a couple of runs there with the Vargas blooper.
—
Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
Various bloopers have plagued the Royals and Mets alike — blame players running into each other and dropping fly balls, poor baserunning and leaky bullpens.
—
Pj Green,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blooper
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The boat pratfall, the picture frame… That was a hard thing to shoot.
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And in fitting Tomlin style, Pittsburgh let a chance to wrap up the division slip away during a three-hour pratfall in the muck at Cleveland last weekend.
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
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One Republican senator calling this the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.
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With a goalkeeping howler and a red card, Marcelo Bielsa’s side self-imploded at the end of a bitterly disappointing tournament.
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Expect to see monkeys (both howler and white-faced), koatis, and perhaps even a leopard.
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The lefty, who needed 37 pitches to get through the fourth due to Cabrera’s flub and three free passes, logged five innings, two runs (0 earned), four walks and six strikeouts over 96 pitches.
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But those are only the flubs that Jeopardy judges catch and acknowledge during tapings.
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DoorDash can at least take comfort in the fact that Dot’s latest gaffe isn’t wholly unique.
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Or all the times Republicans went after former President Joe Biden’s gaffes?
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There are numerous types to choose from, but to fill in for Knock Out roses, select a repeat-bloomer.
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Make this oversized Gap shirt work for you well beyond the night of the concert by pairing it with your favorite denim, capri pants, bloomer shorts, and other everyday staples.
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That ended his day after five innings of one-run ball, with just one mistake — a slider that Manny Machado clobbered for a solo homer — against him.
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Will this turn into a tragic mistake Daemon soon regrets?
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Atlanta scored 20 points off those miscues and dominated the paint, finishing with 60 points inside.
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His late-game miscues proved costly in the series.
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“Blooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blooper. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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