gone bad
Example Sentences
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Wait, a $10 billion bet gone bad plus some small-fry investor leverage kills $500 billion in crypto value?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
“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
While none of the vaccines have gone bad yet, there’s concern it could happen, say health officials.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023
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
Uncle Kufa was so stingy, he would rather eat boiled weevils than admit porridge had gone bad.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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