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Recent Examples of pratfall
After a season of pratfalls, break-ins, and quite a lot of grieving, the finale reveals all.
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Leigh goes for the gags in this one, from Broadbent’s workplace pratfall to friend of the family Aubrey’s (Timothy Spall) disgusting new restaurant.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
The animation is solid and the little ones will indeed relish the loud antics and the pratfalls while older ones in the crowd might well groan about the overuse of puns.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
Something that tonight’s cold open heated up with, drawing from the actual interview transcript on both the FNC pratfall and Baier’s questioning of Joe Biden’s mental faculties.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Leigh goes for the gags in this one, from Broadbent’s workplace pratfall to friend of the family Aubrey’s (Timothy Spall) disgusting new restaurant.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
The animation is solid and the little ones will indeed relish the loud antics and the pratfalls while older ones in the crowd might well groan about the overuse of puns.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
Something that tonight’s cold open heated up with, drawing from the actual interview transcript on both the FNC pratfall and Baier’s questioning of Joe Biden’s mental faculties.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pratfall
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Those include frozen ponds, which may crack unexpectedly; black ice, which is extremely slippery; and antifreeze spills, which easily attract dogs because of their sweet taste but, even in small quantities, can lead to serious toxicity.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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The agency’s emergency response work focuses on monitoring air and water pollution, cleaning up oil and chemical spills, and helping to restore water and sewer infrastructure.Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
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Players were incorrectly able to do precision lobs off of headers, which could result in headers launching enormous distances across the field.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Permitting untrusted headers or incorrectly using Access-Control-Allow-Credentials can increase exposure.Yaamini Barathi Mohan, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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To compliment her hair, Rowland arrived in a custom slip dress—with a feathered jacket to match—and a natural makeup look by artist Adam Burrell.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
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Around 5 inches tall and 8 inches wide, the bag has a back slip pocket, interior slip pocket, and front zip compartment.Kaitlin Gates, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Rams worked quickly to arrange for families to accompany players on the trip.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The trip to see me involves a half-day of train travel, pickup at the station, her own room/TV and access to her nieces and nephews, plus that clean country air.Susan Steade, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Since this fall, Dan Rabilwongse, a Thai chef who’d worked at Tsubaki, has been operating the nearby, high-energy Budonoki (654 Virgil Ave.), whose neo-noir interiors are out of a Nicolas Winding Refn production.Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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Quebec sends two water bomber planes and firefighting teams to California each fall as part of 31-year-old agreement with the U.S. state, the CBC reported.Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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But officials noted that Jabbar made a crucial misstep by selecting explosive material designed to be set off by a detonator, and that using an electric match to set the explosives off instead was a sign of inexperience.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Initial trust was low due to past leadership missteps.Ricky Muddimer, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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For the Knicks, this loss was more than just a stumble against the West’s best.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
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The seeds for the company’s latest stumbles were planted years ago, as Intel missed out on mobile chips to Qualcomm, ARM and Apple.Ari Levy,Kif Leswing, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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Also featured are archival materials such as photographs, slides, sketches, publications and the initial communal offerings from the work’s installation.Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Temporary help services have been adding jobs for the past two months after a long and precipitous slide, in a potential sign that employers are bringing on contingent labor to address surges in demand.Lydia DePillis, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Pratfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pratfall. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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