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oops

[oops, oops] / ʊps, ups /


NOUN
ouch
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Plunging 12 stories in a building atrium, though, is just another bruising day on the job for Colt until, oops, he nearly goes splat.

From New York Times May 2, 2024

He’s the guy whose elbow just happens to be in the way of the pitch — oops — earning a free ticket to first base.

From Seattle Times Jun. 15, 2023

It isn’t happenstance, an uncomfortable accident, that Rogan and his words ended up on Spotify’s platform, and now, oops, he just has to be dealt with.

From The Verge Mar. 1, 2022

On Sunday, the official Twitter account of Major League Baseball commemorated the anniversary of what it breathlessly called “the greatest comeback in baseball history” by hyping Roberts — oops, nope, by hyping David Ortiz.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2021

I look that way and oops, there’s Gene, doing his best impression of a fixated hyena or grizzly or something.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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