plural boo-boos
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Examples of boo-boo in a Sentence
the president should not be making boo-boos in something as important as the State of the Union Address
Recent Examples on the Web
The Sun newspaper reports that Robinson made the boo-boo Friday morning during the BBC’s flagship current affairs radio show The Today Programme.
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Caroline Frost, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The ‘biggies’ Here are the big boo-boos that justify packing up your pruners for the day and going inside for a timeout.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
And because blue cats were purposely introduced in Virginia decades ago to boost recreational fishing opportunities, nobody wants to talk about how that was ultimately a boo-boo.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2023
Place the 100% cotton bear in the freezer, then remove it when your little one needs to cool off or has a boo-boo.
—Amanda Crane, Health, 14 Aug. 2023
This new multiverse boo-boo is a potential reason to watch the Flash zoom through the timestream in another movie to try to fix it.
—David Betancourt, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
Advertisement On Saturday, staff members from the university’s Val G. Hemming Simulation Center will be painting facsimiles of various bug boo-boos, from spider bites to the rash from the bite of a tick carrying Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
No one on Friday was caught in thicker fog than Clifton, who is both the Bruins’ hardest hitter and too often their biggest boo-boo maker.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
Poised to even it, 1-1, the Bruins for a second day in a row watched their boo-boo blow up big time.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
Caroline Frost, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The ‘biggies’ Here are the big boo-boos that justify packing up your pruners for the day and going inside for a timeout.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
And because blue cats were purposely introduced in Virginia decades ago to boost recreational fishing opportunities, nobody wants to talk about how that was ultimately a boo-boo.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2023
Place the 100% cotton bear in the freezer, then remove it when your little one needs to cool off or has a boo-boo.
—Amanda Crane, Health, 14 Aug. 2023
This new multiverse boo-boo is a potential reason to watch the Flash zoom through the timestream in another movie to try to fix it.
—David Betancourt, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
Advertisement On Saturday, staff members from the university’s Val G. Hemming Simulation Center will be painting facsimiles of various bug boo-boos, from spider bites to the rash from the bite of a tick carrying Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
No one on Friday was caught in thicker fog than Clifton, who is both the Bruins’ hardest hitter and too often their biggest boo-boo maker.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
Poised to even it, 1-1, the Bruins for a second day in a row watched their boo-boo blow up big time.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
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“Boo-boo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boo-boo. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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