gone bad
Example Sentences
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But for every success story, there are many tales of flips gone bad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
“The things in the freezer and the refrigerator haven’t gone bad yet, but it’s just a matter of time and that’s going to be a mess we’re going to have to take care of,” Midford.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024
“Every time something’s gone bad … I’ve never seen him panic, I’ve never seen him complain,” All-America guard Steve Avila said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2022
The table is littered with scrawled notes and numbers, the detritus of hundreds of transactions gone bad, conflicts large and small, corporate and local, petty and profound.
From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2022
Thick dust crunched beneath their feet, and Harry’s nose detected, underneath the dank and mildewed smell, something worse, like meat gone bad.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
