goofy
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The only player who can match Mbappé for talent is Haaland who, unlike Mbappé, has a goofy, accessible and affable persona online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The goofy, R-rated “Starship Troopers” famously tanked domestically among adults, but was a notable hit among teen boys, who sneaked into the flick in droves.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Chud’s goofy name didn’t register with the man until I explained exactly who Eatherly was.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The 6-foot-5 colossus, whose seven goals had propelled the Norwegians to the quarterfinals and whose goofy demeanor had charmed neutral fans everywhere, delivered an uncharacteristically quiet game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
A goofy grin stretched across the dog’s face and he let out a happy yelp.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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And if her goofier choices were unanimously refuted as artistic inferiority, we’d never get the chance to see her bounce from “Babygirl” to “Holland” to playing an Italian forensic pathologist in “Scarpetta.”
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026
But POP may never have been goofier than with “Don Bucefalo,” performed in the Italian historic society founded in 1877.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
But as the Monsterverse has gone on, the material has gotten goofier, landing us where we are with “Godzilla x Kong.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
The goofier “Shazam!,” which cost closer to $100 million to make, opened with $53.5 million in ticket sales and wound up an over-achieving success with $366 million worldwide.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2022
But where Stewart’s comedy on the series tended to be political, Zelensky’s sometimes veered into much goofier territory — more like Jimmy Fallon.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2022
The French have given us Delacroix, Debussy, Claire Denis and Simone de Beauvoir, along with some of the goofiest of goofball comedies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Pacific Opera Project, L.A.’s goofiest opera company, has never been goofier nor made goofiness so radiant as in its revival of a super-obscure 19th-century satire, Antonio Cagnoni’s “Don Bucefalo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
He apologised for a follow-up track he released promising to "humble" Kendrick, saying it was the "lamest, goofiest" thing he'd recorded and was a "mis-step".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
And then I went to work and wrote just the goofiest sketch that I think made it on that day that was like, 'Join the fun!
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024
Rishi had drawn a hoard of about seven zombies, all nuanced and gross in the goofiest way.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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