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Recent Examples of boo-boo In his first start in two weeks, Marc-Andre Fleury survived a first-shift boo-boo and made 28 saves to improve to 4-0-1. Michael Russo, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 The Sun newspaper reports that Robinson made the boo-boo Friday morning during the BBC’s flagship current affairs radio show The Today Programme. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024 Advertisement The ‘biggies’ Here are the big boo-boos that justify packing up your pruners for the day and going inside for a timeout. Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024 And because blue cats were purposely introduced in Virginia decades ago to boost recreational fishing opportunities, nobody wants to talk about how that was ultimately a boo-boo. Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2023 Place the 100% cotton bear in the freezer, then remove it when your little one needs to cool off or has a boo-boo. Amanda Crane, Health, 14 Aug. 2023 This new multiverse boo-boo is a potential reason to watch the Flash zoom through the timestream in another movie to try to fix it. David Betancourt, Washington Post, 17 June 2023 Advertisement On Saturday, staff members from the university’s Val G. Hemming Simulation Center will be painting facsimiles of various bug boo-boos, from spider bites to the rash from the bite of a tick carrying Rocky Mountain spotted fever. John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 June 2023 No one on Friday was caught in thicker fog than Clifton, who is both the Bruins’ hardest hitter and too often their biggest boo-boo maker. Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boo-boo
Noun
  • However, a few hours later, Party admitted that recording and teasing the song was a mistake.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Closing Rockledge hospital is a mistake The recent decision by Orlando Health to close its Rockledge Hospital will cost lives in Cocoa.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors A compilation video featuring three of Wheel of Fortune's most brutal blunders from over the years has become a cringe-watch on social media, scoring more than 4 million views — and fans have been sharing their frustrations.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The British broadcaster has formally apologized at least 12 times for meaningful editorial blunders since October 7, with eight of those apologies being made for output that could be considered anti-Israel or pro-Palestine in nature.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The pressure to manage heavy caseloads, navigate complex legal systems and meet client demands often leaves little room for error (or rest).
    Raquel Gomes, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • That's detected by the cerebellum, and its goal is to minimize that error signal.
    Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Boo-boo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boo-boo. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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