flopped
Example Sentences
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Getting bangs was a local rite of passage; even if they flopped, I’d be setting out on the same Hero’s Journey as most of my new neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
After a long winning run in 2025, England flopped in the Six Nations earlier this year, winning just one match, but recovered to win two out of their three Nations Championship games in July.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Except, of course, keeping a massive outdoor pool pristine and leak-free is complicated, and Trump’s renovation flopped: The algae came back, joined by pieces of the pool’s new lining floating in the water.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
It had four kilobytes of memory, a black-and-white monitor and used floppy disks that truly flopped when you shook them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
