dud
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So to say now, out loud, that you think he is a dud is a big deal.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
It is, as yet, a dud — a $2,000 slot machine that pays out a Community Note dressed as a verdict, in a process that compels nothing and binds no one.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
At the time, they had no idea whether it would be a good investment or a dud, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
But as a taxpayer investment so far, Bitcoin has been a dud.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
She’d gotten a dud of a daughter who ripped her way out in the world and had done nothing but disappoint her ever since.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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