go bad
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"A lot of things could happen in a marriage and you want to discuss them when you still love each other rather than when things go bad and you want to take revenge," says Celine.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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
And because bananas go bad quickly, companies are generally unable to build up large inventories ahead of tariffs the way some did with electronics or furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Harry noticed that the contents proved difficult to empty into the Pensieve, as though they had congealed slightly; did memories go bad?
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
