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Metcalf: When I’m doing it, I have a vision of what it looks like, and it’s never anything like that and it shakes me up in a bad way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The market is in a bad way right now, as the economy faces plenty of risk.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Not in a bad way, in a good way.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

You’re almost subterranean, but not in a bad way.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

“We’ll radio for a Patrol to collect the nag. It was in a bad way from the dead air, sir. It might not survive.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer