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Houston Astros: Correa, whose second act with Houston has been a flop because of injuries, was working on an accelerated comeback from May ankle surgery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Unfortunately, that has also been undermined by a massive flop of a debut that doesn’t appear like it will go anywhere—in spite of the media tour that preceded it.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

Her story: The film was a massive flop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Uwe Boll’s latest film “Citizen Vigilante” had all the makings of a flop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

I flop onto my back again, dig my fingers into the loamy soil and imagine Mom making that incredible painting, wishing with her hands, being that in love.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Underwood and other flops like him are the flip side of college football’s NIL success stories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

When he returned home, shortly after 04:00 BST, the flip flops he was wearing were missing, he no longer had his headphones and a belt on his shorts was hanging loose.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Dyson pushed for the 1985 recipe change that led to New Coke, which became one of the biggest flops in marketing history before the company recovered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

To be sure, Thrive has invested in its share of flops over the years, including the massively hyped Fab e-commerce platform; and Juicero, which sold an overly complicated high-tech countertop juice press.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

I scratch his neck and he flops over on his back, tongue hanging out.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The bookish thriller "Verity" cleaned up in its North American box office debut this weekend while Tom Cruise flopped in "Digger" playing a rich old guy who thinks he can save the world.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Sure, “Dune” infamously flopped hard upon arrival, and all planned sequels were immediately canceled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Offerings like last year’s McCrispy chicken strips had flopped, Saleh added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Slow down your shopping habits: Shein debuted on the Hong Kong stock market earlier this month—and it flopped.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

The owl flopped about pathetically, its talons scratching the door, bashing its head in a panic.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

That’s not to say all is flopping now for Zaslav and team: “Wuthering Heights” and Evil Dead Burn did pretty well, and the upcoming Dune: Part Three is already wreaking box-office havoc.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Add environmental, social and governance grievances to a long list of fantasy flopping isms—remember speciesism?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

War is filled with flopping, feints and trickery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Dick Fosbury flopping over the bar in the high jump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

“Weeks,” corrected the bug, flopping into a deep comfortable armchair, for it did seem that way to him.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster