go bad
Example Sentences
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A big reason investors are ditching private credit is because they’re scared its loans are about to go bad.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 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
Across rebel-held cities and towns, supermarket shelves sit empty while crops wither in inaccessible fields and go bad at rebel checkpoints.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
I woke up the next morning, slightly panicked, cataloguing in my head how I would need to freeze and label the meat and seafood so it doesn’t go bad before we use it all.
From Salon • May 1, 2025
I hope you have a plan for her because we all know houseguests are like fish...they go bad after three days, and I want no fussing during the holidays.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
