flop

Example Sentences

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This time it wasn’t about a blown series lead or a racist owner or Flop City.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023

In the years after Mexico City, sportswriters reached for ways to describe the Fosbury Flop.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

The term Fosbury Flop is credited to the Medford Mail-Tribune, which wrote the headline “Fosbury Flops Over the Bar” after one of his high school meets.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

"He invented the "Fosbury Flop", was a gold medallist at the 1968 Games, and remained an advocate for athletes his entire life. Fosbury's legacy will live on for generations to come."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2023

So this Flop came along and began to yell, shaking his club, “Armbands! Armbands!”

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli