flop

Example Sentences

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Instead, Mahan’s candidacy was more like Pets.com, a famous e-commerce flop that came to embody the heedless froth of the dot.com bubble.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Google is also having a second go at wearables, as that company recently said it would try again with "smart glasses" more than a decade after its notorious Google Glass flop.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“Am I going to flop and prove that I suck now in front of all this?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The company needs a hit after the flop of its Vision Pro headset.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

I imagined bacterial colonies beginning to creep up, so I used a knife to wiggle it out of the pan and let it flop into the garbage, which had just about reached its limit.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen