flopped
Example Sentences
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It had four kilobytes of memory, a black-and-white monitor and used floppy disks that truly flopped when you shook them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
They spent precious computing resources on other projects that flopped, including the video-generator app Sora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The congressional investigation flopped like a soccer player fishing to draw a red card, finally concluding in 1998.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
They flopped again, 3-0 against the Republic of Ireland, in the Nations League that followed.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Oliver flopped into the seat next to her.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
