go bad
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, there’s no way to prove that’s the case—or that the good won’t go bad.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
“Whatever asset you’re looking at people are on a knife’s edge regarding leverage and that doesn’t have to go bad; that can go very very well before it goes very, very bad,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
And because bananas go bad quickly, companies are generally unable to build up large inventories ahead of tariffs the way some did with electronics or furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
"The outage only lasted a day and now we have so much food, but most of it isn't going to go bad, as it is easily preserved."
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025
The various CDOs you make from the bonds will go bad not right then but after some trustee sorts out whether there will ever be enough cash to pay them off.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
