dud
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I don’t do first-date hikes because I don’t like feeling trapped if the guy’s a dud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
But no, we can confidently report that the Great American State Fair is a big ol’ dud.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 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
His first foray into Pennsylvania was, as Salon’s Sophia Tesfaye noted, a dud.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026
According to the newspaper, SmartMart’s grand opening was a big old dud.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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
The band’s first three studio albums, starting in 1970, were commercial duds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
The United States has a sophisticated testing system that doesn’t require setting off explosions, and when it comes to deterrence, nobody in the world assumes that America’s arsenal is full of duds.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
Donald: Not to keen on Steven Gerrard coming back, plus Russell Martin has ruined the team as he brought in too many duds.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
“Makes sense to me,” said Aunt Pretty, folding up my new duds.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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