cropper
Example Sentences
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And countless analyses have described how much the stock market’s advance owes to the AI-driven gains of the technology megacap names, and how much it will hurt if it comes a cropper.
From Barron's
“I would hate to imagine the education budget being cut, disruption in higher education funding, civil servants being laid off, healthcare coming a cropper,” he said.
From BBC
They both ended up in hospital after coming a cropper in the parents' race.
From BBC
But Lulu's show came a cropper in 1969 when she booked the Jimi Hendrix Experience as her musical guests.
From BBC
If Labour goes into the next election as the party of higher taxes, as might yet be the case, it could yet come a cropper.
From Washington Post
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