be bad
Example Sentences
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Isabel Wang, markets reporter: “Don’t panic when the market tumbles. You’re investing for 30+ years. There will be bad years. Your best move is often to stay the course.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
In other words, stress can be bad for you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
If prices continue to stay low, it will be bad news for oil producers, whose windfall from the war will be shorter-lived than expected.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
In Group L, a point or more for Croatia against Ghana could be bad news for Scotland as it would again leave the third-place finishers with four points.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Even though I’d finally figured out these were expressions and not the plain, factual truth, I expected Cecile Johnson to, at the very least, be bad off.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
