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pratfall

[prat-fawl] / ˈprætˌfɔl /






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The optimism that followed the Celtics upset is erased by another season-ending pratfall.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

This might be an exorcism of the time she broke her neck while doing a pratfall as Cinderella in the 2002 revival of “Into the Woods.”

From New York Times • May 19, 2024

He fights kraken and amphibious dinosaurs gracefully; he flings himself onto and off of helicopters with gleeful gusto; he’s willing to take a pratfall and let his stunts be a punchline too.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2023

In a cultural landscape of darkly seriocomic prestige series like "Succession" and "The Bear," Rose Byrne is happy to just take a pratfall.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023

“Life becomes one big pratfall, Montag; everything bang; boff, and wow!”

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury




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