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

In 2009, Universal Pictures adapted “Land of the Lost” into a $100-million box-office flop about the tales of a family stranded in a dinosaur-ridden jungle.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

In any event, Giuliani’s 2008 campaign was a flop.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

I look away but not before my stomach does a belly flop.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish