flopping
Example Sentences
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It’s also planning a second Jeep EV, despite its first one flopping badly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But people I talk to almost all complain about the flopping: Too many players fall to the turf writhing in fake pain to draw a yellow card after the slightest graze by an opponent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Both teams … the Heat and the Wizards … conspired with their flopping and intentional fouling to get him to 83.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
We thought flopping and foul-baiting made for unethical hoops, but those are but basketball misdemeanors; Adebayo’s big night was felonious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
The way it had me mashed up ’gainst it I could feel its heart flopping ’round in its chest like a fish that had got throwed up on the land.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
