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- noun Plural form of
slip-up .
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Examples
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Foot-in-the-Mouth Factor: The Red Sox have made strides to make sure the tours are as accurate as possible, but there were still a few slip-ups.
The Boston-New York Tour War Amara Grautski 2011
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Here's what could happen if you use the wrong fluids: Motor oil slip-ups.
Video: What happens if you use the wrong fluids in your car? 2010
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What has emerged is a form of narrowcasting, allowing candidates a welcoming platform that helps them avoid hostile press questioning and, in some cases, minimize the slog and the slip-ups of retail campaigning.
Cable chatter narrows electoral landscape Howard Kurtzand Karen Tumulty 2010
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He does not suit up for the Sunday talk shows; there are no stories about him reducing staff members to tears for their slip-ups.
Emanuel's replacement is known as a fixer Anne E. Kornblut 2010
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What has emerged is a form of narrowcasting, allowing candidates a welcoming platform that helps them avoid hostile press questioning and, in some cases, minimize the slog and the slip-ups of retail campaigning.
Cable news chatter is changing the electoral landscape Howard Kurtz 2010
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What has emerged is a form of narrowcasting, allowing candidates a welcoming platform that helps them avoid hostile press questioning and, in some cases, minimize the slog and the slip-ups of retail campaigning.
Cable news chatter is changing the electoral landscape Howard Kurtz 2010
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But Robinson and his wife's aggressive demands for money and slip-ups in his story led Kendall County sheriff's deputies to investigate.
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We could do with a few slip-ups – basketballers proving too tall to walk through the doors, the "wrong type of mud" at the BMX, an overeager health-and-safety steward snuffing out the Olympic flame.
Sebastian Coe must be running on Jedi mind control| Emma John 2011
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What has emerged is a form of narrowcasting, allowing candidates a welcoming platform that helps them avoid hostile press questioning and, in some cases, minimize the slog and the slip-ups of retail campaigning.
Cable news chatter is changing the electoral landscape Howard Kurtz 2010
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He does not suit up for the Sunday talk shows; there are no stories about him reducing staff members to tears for their slip-ups.
Pete Rouse, who will replace Emanuel as chief of staff, is known as 'fixer' Anne E. Kornblut 2010
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