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oops

noun as in interjection

noun as in ouch

Weak matches

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Appeared in the October 23, 2025, print edition as 'Oops, I’ve Had a Nazi Tattoo for 18 Years'.

The “Stronger” and “Oops!... I Did It Again” pop star hit back at her ex-husband Wednesday evening in a statement shared to X and Instagram, writing that confronting his latest revelations has been “extremely hurtful and exhausting.”

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The 20-somethings bringing back these styles aren’t exactly spoofing those of us who sported them when “Oops!…I Did It Again,” was a hit on MTV.

One source suggested: "For Lucy to get sacked then five weeks later, show to be the party's favourite slam-dunk candidate, feeds into the narrative of Keir's non-Midas touch – oops."

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After, oops, shooting his dad, the younger Morgan fled to NYC, where he’s working at the Empire Hotel in the day and squatting in unoccupied rooms at night.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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