Dropped
Both words in one sentence
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After Tempting Fate by commenting on how unusual it was for them to actually succeed, they tripped and dropped the cake.
Source: Carrying a Cake - Then he tripped and dropped it on the floor.
Source: Superweapon Surprise -
Death uses an hourglass to give the games a time limit, and Roxton fails at each one: Retrieve a diamond from a maze made of walls of fire (ran out of time), Retrieve a raptor egg (he tripped and dropped it), Guess which bowl holds oysters (guessed wrong).
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