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blooper

[bloo-per] / ˈblu pər /


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Battered, bruised and well beaten, Smith had coughed up a horrendous blooper for Sale's sixth try, failing to gather a routine backfield ball to allow a chasing Raffi Quirke to dot down.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2025

He no longer needed an extra-base hit to tie the game; a blooper to the outfield would be enough.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2025

Villarreal: I want to see the blooper reel.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2024

Leody Taveras didn’t wait for two strikes, he swung at the first pitch, hitting a soft blooper off the end of the bat that found grass in right field for another RBI single.

From Seattle Times Sep. 30, 2023

In the second blooper, the problem does not lie in the relationship between clauses— it’s cause-and-effect in both interpretations—but in exactly what causes what.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Simms: We really don’t have many bloopers because of the way we shot, that fake-documentary style.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2025

For MIT engineers, the lunar bloopers also highlight an opportunity to innovate.

From Science Daily May 15, 2024

In the bloopers, he clanks about 20 beforehand.

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2023

I'm on the comedy committee and we decided to put together a bloopers reel of the first week.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2023

It was a collection of sports bloopers, and guess who they saved for last.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor




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