bad move
Example Sentences
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Buying shares of the company you work for isn’t necessarily a bad move — but you should understand the risks.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
A poll in the piece showed 70% of our readers thought the overhaul was a bad move.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025
“That’s a bad move, baseball-wise, karma-wise, baseball-gods-wise,” Schumaker said of intentionally walking Ohtani.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024
That said, telling voters to buck up and realize how good they have it would also be a bad move.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
It was like playing chess and making a bad move and not knowing why but knowing instinctively that it was a bad move.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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