go bad
Example Sentences
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But it carries risks if underlying loans go bad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
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
"I think yes, if people are going to go bad, they go bad, but you can't tar a whole religion based on your prejudices."
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
I ran out of there and did my best to forget the conversation, but it nagged at me all the way to the river like a tooth beginning to go bad.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
