as in blooper
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Recent Examples of bloomer
Consider potting some of these winter bloomers in containers to dress up the porch or patio.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
One of the most carefree perennial winter bloomers is Australian fuchsia or winter bells.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Dec. 2024
The late bloomer Stolarz, 30, has a .927 save percentage and 5.7 goals saved above expected, via MoneyPuck.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Bring the beauty and aroma of chocolate cosmos to your own garden by learning how to grow and care for these unique bloomers.
Plant Attributes
Common Name
Chocolate Cosmos
Botanical Name
Cosmos atrosanguineus
Family
Asteraceae
Plant Type
Perennial, Herbaceous
Mature Size
24-36 in.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2024
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
One of the most carefree perennial winter bloomers is Australian fuchsia or winter bells.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Dec. 2024
The late bloomer Stolarz, 30, has a .927 save percentage and 5.7 goals saved above expected, via MoneyPuck.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Bring the beauty and aroma of chocolate cosmos to your own garden by learning how to grow and care for these unique bloomers.
Plant Attributes
Common Name
Chocolate Cosmos
Botanical Name
Cosmos atrosanguineus
Family
Asteraceae
Plant Type
Perennial, Herbaceous
Mature Size
24-36 in.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloomer
Noun
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Sabrina Carpenter’s Oopsie-Daisy Sabrina Carpenter Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic Stepping out in a glittery tux carrying (and promptly dropping) a sparkly dance cane, Sabrina Carpenter staged a classic Hollywood musical number as a blooper reel, complete with a full-troupe tap routine.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Giants’ best chance against Sale came in the first inning when Tyler Fitzgerald hit a blooper that fell in center field for a two-base error.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
13 Aug. 2024
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Either their ability to spot talent is crap or Man City have had a howler.—
Pol Ballús,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Leno has generally been good this season but was comically poor in this one, a poor pass to Pereira followed by an inexplicable howler.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Adjacent to the living room is a spacious dining area, with sliding-glass doors that open to a private brick patio surrounded by greenery and views of the building’s gardens.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Crews responded to a three-story brick building at 7 Sisson Ave.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Breaking creates the easiest laugh available in comedy this side of a pratfall.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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The many pratfalls of Biden’s spending policies have only heightened their suspicion.—
Oren Cass,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2025
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Just like when Trump recently helped legitimize Maduro by sending White House special envoy Richard Grenell to meet with the Venezuelan dictator and pose in smiling pictures with him, Trump’s de facto abandonment of pro-democracy groups in the hemisphere is a major blunder.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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Foreign policy is hard, but this is just a very big early blunder.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Land of the Lost (2009) The big, fat, truly awful belly-flop on his résumé, this leaden reboot/spoof of the 1970s TV series has everything: ugly CGI; a dumb homage to A Chorus Line; crass boob jokes; Jorma Taccone playing a monkey; Matt Lauer.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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Remember a few years back when boobs were declared over?—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Expert instructors will teach you how to get started, practical uses, tips for effective prompt-writing, and mistakes to avoid.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Misunderstandings or mistakes, however, could spell catastrophe.—
Alfredo Sosa,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Feb. 2025
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Despite some inevitable inaccuracies and omissions, the memoir remains the best portrait of Mahler in print—an act of complex, intense devotion.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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This story has been updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Bloomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloomer. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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