goof

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

“It’s a thing about my personality to be silly and goof around.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

The story unspools as an extended goof on the familiar sequences and characters from the movie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 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

Mentioning the adulation that Bobby was receiving, Collins added, “They make so much out of a goof like him.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Airline fare goofs are rare—Thrifty Traveler has sent 20 mistake fare alerts since 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

That may make it easier to get correct answers, but also can make the stakes higher if the AI goofs and makes a user uncomfortable or botches financial data.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

By this point, I’ve made countless gardening goofs, big and small, and those mistakes have given me a healthy perspective on our limited power over nature.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023

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

The brothers had long goofed around playing football in the backyard, even devising creative games while bouncing on the trampoline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024

In down times, they played card games and goofed around, singing patriotic songs, recording videos and taking selfies.

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 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

And every time she played it over she goofed on it like it was so way out.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

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

Eileen Shiffrin, Mikaela’s mother and original skiing Obi-Wan, says she knows it’s going to be a good day when her daughter is goofing off and chatty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

These photos are a delicious slice into Glen Han’s late night experiences, from LeBron James cheesing with Tyler, the Creator at Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton show to Bella Hadid goofing off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

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

“Besides, you make a better Charlotte than I do. I keep goofing up the first line!”

From "George" by Alex Gino