pratfall
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Season after season, the club that won style points and little else ventured back into Europe, only to be shoved around by a giant or trip over itself in a pratfall.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 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
Crosby and Bryan Rust scored for the Penguins, who had their run of 16 consecutive playoff appearances end last spring thanks in part to a late-season pratfall against the Blackhawks.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2023
As I was telling you, they had just lifted me from the floor, my performance and subsequent pratfall the sources of a great feeling of camaraderie.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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