dud

For those of us who remember the bicentennial, the semiquincentennial is a complete and utter dud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

But no, we can confidently report that the Great American State Fair is a big ol’ dud.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

Another dud: $125 million authorized in 2022 for Gotion to build an electric-vehicle battery plant employing 2,350 people that was never built.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

It’s the first day of SpaceX trading, and Wall Street has high hopes it’ll provide a lot more excitement than that dud of a World Cup opener.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026

Water—another good one! devil That was a good one... dud: Yes!

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

With years of data showing that people will rent and watch just about anything, Netflix was free to make a home for all the bombs and duds that it previously offered via snail mail.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

But many ideas thrown around online are duds or, worse, scams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Roy’s campaign sent out 180 communications, records show, the bulk of them ads for Instagram and Facebook, where her team said they saw instantly which stories resonated with likely voters and which were duds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Lucasfilm was hit-and-miss under Kennedy—for every Star Wars success story like The Force Awakens, there were duds like Solo, a spinoff that focuses on original trilogy icon Han Solo.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

His sharp duds weren’t the only thing that set Johnny Cakes apart from the other fishermen at the docks.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm