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Recent Examples of pratfall
Even so, Cooper, whatever his pratfalls, doesn’t tumble into the trap of derailing his own movie.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
Tampa Bay had cemented itself as the league’s most entertaining programming, but the recent pratfall knocked its NFC Championship odds down to +1200, sandwiched between San Francisco and Seattle.
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J.j. Bailey,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
Cooper gets considerable humorous mileage out of his goofy stoner role, starting with a guffaw-inducing pratfall entrance involving an exploding carton of oat milk.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Again, Gardner ports a movie type onto the sketch-comedy stage and turns up the volume just enough for the character to seem hilariously damaged, culminating in a Melissa McCarthy–worthy pratfall.
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Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
Tampa Bay had cemented itself as the league’s most entertaining programming, but the recent pratfall knocked its NFC Championship odds down to +1200, sandwiched between San Francisco and Seattle.
—
J.j. Bailey,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
Cooper gets considerable humorous mileage out of his goofy stoner role, starting with a guffaw-inducing pratfall entrance involving an exploding carton of oat milk.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Again, Gardner ports a movie type onto the sketch-comedy stage and turns up the volume just enough for the character to seem hilariously damaged, culminating in a Melissa McCarthy–worthy pratfall.
—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pratfall
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The teak build can withstand rainstorms and wine spills, while the acrylic cushions can be wiped clean.
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Seal picnic drinks and snacks in mason jars to help prevent spills during the trip to your picnic destination.
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Gonçalo Ramos’ goal just minutes earlier — a beautiful header into the back of the net in the 94th minute — was the decider in this 2-1 victory for Portugal.
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Mikel Oyarzabal opened the scoring in the first half before Pedro Porro extended the lead to 2-0 on a header.
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This episode does a really great job at portraying Rhaenyra’s slip toward madness or, if not madness per se, then a much more unhinged version of her former self.
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Korpela said the shortage of marina slips has worsened in recent years as more people have purchased boats without a corresponding increase in dockage.
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But that trip to the sideline was short-lived and the 24-year-old has dominated since returning, stringing together 15 ⅔ scoreless innings with Triple-A Albuquerque.
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Seventy-two million people are expected to travel more than 50 miles away from their homes over the Fourth of July holiday week, and more than 61 million of them are expected to drive for those trips, according to the AAA Auto Club.
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That fall, the Civil Discourse professors did indeed teach from the same basic syllabus, but the most reading assigned to a student in any week was around one hundred twenty-seven pages, and the average was around seventy-five.
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Heintz has identified at least 25 new sites in Myanmar that have appeared or grown significantly since the crackdown last fall.
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While people are generally gracious about missteps, recent surges in tourist numbers are starting to strain that vaunted hospitality.
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Minor missteps—or sometimes simply existing in a visible role—can become grounds for scrutiny and criticism.
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But the recent stumbles for SpaceX’s stock and for AI stocks broadly may be a signal of less appetite for big AI stocks among investors.
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But the recent stumbles for SpaceX’s stock and for AI stocks broadly may be a signal of less appetite for big AI stocks among investors.
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The bank said previous interventions had only temporarily interrupted the yen’s slide before USD/JPY resumed climbing, and expects a similar pattern if authorities intervene again.
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In this climate, a wider conflict, with NATO – the enemy Putin has always railed against – could both explain Moscow’s slow slide into stalemate in Ukraine and help justify a wider war, or even full-scale mobilization inside Russia.
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