bloopers

plural of blooper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloopers
Noun
  • Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
    Jim Rasenberger, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
  • Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • In a recent Instagram post, the 56-year-old former TV journalist uploaded a montage of her past on-air flubs alongside a message about perseverance and living with dyslexia.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • Most of the night went on without a hitch, with several show-stopping moments bringing the audience to their feet, but like every live event, there were a few flubs and a couple eyebrow-raising choices.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Acknowledging and even criticizing our mistakes of the past doesn’t cheapen one’s love for the United States.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • You are allowed to make three mistakes but fail a fourth time and the game ends with the answers being revealed.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • Meta has countered that Wynn-Williams violated her agreement and wrote a book filled with inaccuracies.
    Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Datasets with issues like poor formatting, inaccuracies, inconsistencies, biases and duplicates are inherently bad.
    Imran Aftab, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The miscues, manager John Schneider said, need to be minimized.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Atlanta scored 20 points off those miscues and dominated the paint, finishing with 60 points inside.
    Christopher Harris, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Johnny Carson made fun of politicians, but mostly their public goofs, not their policies.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • These compounding goofs demand accountability and a sober reassessment of the competence of American leadership.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Or all the times Republicans went after former President Joe Biden’s gaffes?
    S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
  • Canseco's misplay – one of the most infamous gaffes in sports history – similarly resulted in a home run for the other team.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Pope dropped clangers earlier in the season and weak concessions against Manchester City and Qarabag preceded Everton.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Bloopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloopers. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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