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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

“I left Paris thinking I’m going to goof off now,” Conlon explained, having for seven of his nine Paris years retained his positions in Cologne, shuttling between two exceptionally demanding jobs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

“AI becomes seductive when it tells you you’re the smartest person because you caught a mistake,” says Schwimmer, who was lauded by ChatGPT for catching the aforementioned travel goof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 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

Part of me always believed that this whole bar mitzvah thing was kind of a goof for him.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

Victory goes to the fastest canine, with penalties for any goofs in clearing the obstacles.

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024

It also has a few driving location goofs that make Californians giggle.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

All the while, Ladybug flirts and goofs and munches, alternating lamentations about his bad luck and therapy-gleaned platitudes that sound like something a school principal might deploy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 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

The brothers had long goofed around playing football in the backyard, even devising creative games while bouncing on the trampoline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024

In down times, they played card games and goofed around, singing patriotic songs, recording videos and taking selfies.

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 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

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

These photos are a delicious slice into Glen Han’s late night experiences, from LeBron James cheesing with Tyler, the Creator at Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton show to Bella Hadid goofing off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 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

I didn’t spend all of my time goofing off.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline