fall flat
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Bath & Body Works becomes the latest to embark on a turnaround plan after a bid for new growth fell flat.
However, an attempt to sell the Telegraph to a group of investors led by Dovid Efune, the owner and publisher of the New York Sun, fell flat.
So far, attempts to cut spending rather than increase taxes have fallen flat in much of Europe.
India's efforts to combat air pollution by using cloud seeding in its sprawling capital New Delhi appear to have fallen flat, with scientists and activists questioning the effectiveness of the move.
From Barron's
He has already survived one awkward moment in the campaign, when a joke about Crown Princess Amalia fell flat in front of 2,000 students in Rotterdam,
From BBC
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