flop

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Instead, Mahan’s candidacy was more like Pets.com, a famous e-commerce flop that came to embody the heedless froth of the dot.com bubble.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Google is also having a second go at wearables, as that company recently said it would try again with "smart glasses" more than a decade after its notorious Google Glass flop.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“Am I going to flop and prove that I suck now in front of all this?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Notably, that film was also a box-office flop, with the lowest-grossing opening weekend of Johnson’s entire career.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

There the poor carp would flop until they dried out and died, then later the crows would swoop down and eat them.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya