goofy
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Erling Haaland stood on the pitch in Dallas, a goofy grin across his face and a Viking helmet atop his head at a jaunty angle.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
One can’t help but let their face spread into a big, goofy smile watching Early and his friends make something they’re so clearly excited by, something they’re proud of.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
An entry on the moorhen comes as a goofy dating profile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Launched in an era where machismo meant a goofy wrestler or metal singer with an eight-octave falsetto, the steroidal beskirted barbarian has always been a bit ridiculous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
When Charlaine got to our number, I looked over at Dad and he gave me a big, goofy thumbs-up.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
No, they were not, but in a sign of progress, a few months ago the DMV actually began dumping some of the goofier questions readers complained about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
The Mandalorians-verus-pirates sequence is some real old-fashioned Saturday matinee stuff, leaning hard into some of the scenario’s goofier aspects.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
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
It is substantially goofier, trading wit for camp and channeling its rock star vibes more expressly than before.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 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
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
“It’s the goofiest thing in the world,” he says.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
“It was the goofiest concept in the world, but they said everything straight-faced,” says Brian Le of director-writers The Daniels’ pitch to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
Then I throw my shoulders back and give the biggest, goofiest grin I can manage without my face hurting too bad.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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