goof
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Assigning in-class lessons on devices invites kids to rush through them so they can goof off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“She definitely didn’t let me goof off too much.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
I think pretty early on, we were like, “Let’s goof on Alex for a little while in this conspiracy world.”
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
"This is reputation management of the highest order," he wrote, criticising the "softest editing" which painted Sir Jacob wrongly as a "harmless gosh-and-golly goof".
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
Part of me always believed that this whole bar mitzvah thing was kind of a goof for him.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
He goofs off with the ball kids, who are closer in age to him than any of the tennis pooh-bahs in charge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2025
Victory goes to the fastest canine, with penalties for any goofs in clearing the obstacles.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
To ensure success and avoid roof goofs, hire a reliable roofing contractor, get in writing exactly what will be done, and keep a close eye on the job as it progresses.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2022
The long-pause humor here is the opposite of the barrage we expect from “Airplane!”-style genre goofs.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
“I heard you. Maybe I’m too old to get mad, or maybe what you consider goofs aren’t what / consider goofs—it’s just stuff that happens.”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
Colbert often goofed on his public image with mock outrage over perceived offenses, a carry-over from his long-running shtick on “The Colbert Report.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
When dynamic center Mason McTavish made a bad decision during four-on-four play Sunday that gave Vegas an outnumbered rush, Cronin made sure McTavish — a cornerstone of Ducks’ future — knew he had goofed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
"Ecowas goofed, the Nigerian president also goofed," said Prof Khalifa Dikwa, an academic at the University of Maiduguri and a member of an influential group of elders in northern Nigeria.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2023
You need a paper trail that shows Avianca or GoToGate goofed.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
Kyle goofed up and said one of the forbidden words: “Ketchup!”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Kalshi, which dragged the hermetic Pete Sampras out for a weird ad, actually had its name on another video goofing on attendees who didn’t know basic stuff about tennis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
That problem-solving begins long before Saturdays, when Smith hones his particular set of skills in sessions that might otherwise look like goofing off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Geisel lasted less than a year in Oxford, but Jones says "once he's hooked up with Helen" he spent his time "travelling, goofing off and kind of really doing anything but his studies".
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Older kids and adults — even those who aren't furries — also love some animal-themed goofing off: Consider the mascots associated wity many college sports teams.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
One day my buddy Stevie grabbed my mike and started goofing.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
