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
Now, his biggest deal ever has gone bad and he’s struggling to save his namesake company.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 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
There's nothing in the refrigerator that hasn't already gone bad, so I eat a bowl of cornflakes with water and I'm so hungry, it almost tastes good.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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