goof
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County voters are being asked to fill in gaps to implement previously approved ethics reforms and fix a goof that invalidated a jail alternatives proposal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
I think pretty early on, we were like, “Let’s goof on Alex for a little while in this conspiracy world.”
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
The important question for people who want the truth is what any particular goof says about the underlying ballots, and whether it involves enough votes to be decisive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
"This is reputation management of the highest order," he wrote, criticising the "softest editing" which painted Sir Jacob wrongly as a "harmless gosh-and-golly goof".
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
Sure, he's a goof most of the time, but I can count on him.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
He goofs off with the ball kids, who are closer in age to him than any of the tennis pooh-bahs in charge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2025
It also has a few driving location goofs that make Californians giggle.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
That may make it easier to get correct answers, but also can make the stakes higher if the AI goofs and makes a user uncomfortable or botches financial data.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
Sometimes, if people don’t understand what you’re doing, it is not because they are goofs but because you haven’t done your job as a satirist correctly.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022
“I heard you. Maybe I’m too old to get mad, or maybe what you consider goofs aren’t what / consider goofs—it’s just stuff that happens.”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
Colbert often goofed on his public image with mock outrage over perceived offenses, a carry-over from his long-running shtick on “The Colbert Report.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Washington, Seattle, is that the same thing?” goofed the geographically confused star.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
"Ecowas goofed, the Nigerian president also goofed," said Prof Khalifa Dikwa, an academic at the University of Maiduguri and a member of an influential group of elders in northern Nigeria.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2023
Chief Executive Bob Iger acknowledges his company goofed on some of its pricing strategies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
Macy and I mostly goofed off, but it was fun hanging out in the kitchen with Mom and Dad, even when they got silly and danced around to the music.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
Geisel lasted less than a year in Oxford, but Jones says "once he's hooked up with Helen" he spent his time "travelling, goofing off and kind of really doing anything but his studies".
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Eileen Shiffrin, Mikaela’s mother and original skiing Obi-Wan, says she knows it’s going to be a good day when her daughter is goofing off and chatty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
During the case, Varyukhina posted clips on Instagram of the couple goofing around in an apartment and dressing up in funny outfits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
Older kids and adults — even those who aren't furries — also love some animal-themed goofing off: Consider the mascots associated wity many college sports teams.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
One day my buddy Stevie grabbed my mike and started goofing.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
