flopped
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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
Offerings like last year’s McCrispy chicken strips had flopped, Saleh added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
One notable aside for marketers: Conagra now tests new creations on its own employees, having abandoned focus groups after several products soared with panelists but flopped in market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Snap, which unveiled more powerful $2,195 augmented reality glasses this year, sold glasses that record video in bright yellow vending machines in 2016, but the product flopped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
I flopped onto my stomach and looked at the submission again, scouring it for more information, but it was anonymous, with no clues as to who’d sent it.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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