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pratfall

[prat-fawl] / ˈprætˌfɔl /






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The optimism that followed the Celtics upset is erased by another season-ending pratfall.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

The bet lasted barely 90 feet, as Roberts stumbled and face-planted just past second base, a pratfall which was captured on social media and celebrated by his laughing players.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2025

Zucker, who trained with the French guru Philippe Gaulier, doesn’t just pratfall and malaprop.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2024

In a cultural landscape of darkly seriocomic prestige series like "Succession" and "The Bear," Rose Byrne is happy to just take a pratfall.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2023

“Life becomes one big pratfall, Montag; everything bang; boff, and wow!”

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury




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