flop

Uwe Boll’s latest film “Citizen Vigilante” had all the makings of a flop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

So does it stink that the semiquincentennial has been such a flop?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Even if ambition results in a flop, it’s far more admirable to swing hard and strike out than it is to cower in the proverbial dugout.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

If those IPOs flop, it would have huge consequences throughout the stock market as investors re-evaluate the future of the AI trend.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

I flop back onto my bed, and my whole body’s buzzing.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

However, he also saw his fair share of flops: Henry Winkler’s “Monty, “Cafe Americain” with Valerie Bertinelli and a slew of promising pilots that never got off the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Perhaps the next couple of months could be spent courting record labels and songwriters, instead of leaning on Thomas Stengaard, the Danish musician who co-wrote our last two flops.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

If it’s a mixture of high returns and big flops, he’s cherry-picking stocks without due care.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026

But the products they have come up with so far have ranged from expensive flops to niche devices that only appeal to a subsegment of a particular industry, like videogames.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

In flip- flops, he pads to the door every fifteen minutes or so and summons someone for a return call.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

It came, it saw, it occasionally flopped and writhed on the grass, but it truly conquered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The mix of physical comedy, distant cue cards and having to keep from breaking character as cast members flopped down a set of fake stairs seemed almost too much for the guest host.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

John Alvendia’s for-profit education company seemed to have flopped in West Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

"She was so purple, and her head flopped back," she said.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

She flopped onto an easy chair and melted into it, legs straight out, heels on the rug, toes up, head back, eyes closed.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

Gee, thanks—not much different than popping up after flopping on the soccer pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Add environmental, social and governance grievances to a long list of fantasy flopping isms—remember speciesism?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Dick Fosbury flopping over the bar in the high jump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

We thought flopping and foul-baiting made for unethical hoops, but those are but basketball misdemeanors; Adebayo’s big night was felonious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

The flounder found their way back out to sea soon enough, and the fish flopping about on the sand were scooped up only by the quickest.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park