flop

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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

Notably, that film was also a box-office flop, with the lowest-grossing opening weekend of Johnson’s entire career.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Overall Figma went from being one of the initial public offering heroes of 2025 to an IPO flop.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

By the time the pencil woman dropped the pages upon his desk, dread was making Reynie’s stomach flop like a fish.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart