go bad
Example Sentences
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“I have to put it in the fridge to defrost, but you can’t put it there too far in advance” or the yogurt will go bad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Unfortunately, there’s no way to prove that’s the case—or that the good won’t go bad.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
“Whatever asset you’re looking at people are on a knife’s edge regarding leverage and that doesn’t have to go bad; that can go very very well before it goes very, very bad,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
"The outage only lasted a day and now we have so much food, but most of it isn't going to go bad, as it is easily preserved."
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
But their gist was simple: Hubler and his group had made a massive bet that subprime loans would go bad.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
