bad move
Example Sentences
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As a parent of two kids juggling childcare costs, enrichment activities and our grocery budget, putting money into an investment across the world seemed like a bad move.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
"A bad move in chess means you will lose, just the same with life."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
“That’s a bad move, baseball-wise, karma-wise, baseball-gods-wise,” Schumaker said of intentionally walking Ohtani.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
NOTES: LB Tyus Bowser acknowledged it was a bad move to make a social media post showing papers he found outside the facility calling for offensive coordinator Greg Roman’s firing.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
But when Burgoyne viewed the letter with the mask, he read Clinton’s view of the real situation: Howe has made a bad move; I don’t have enough men to do anything about it.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
