flopped
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
They spent precious computing resources on other projects that flopped, including the video-generator app Sora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Butternut flopped back into a sunny patch on the steps between the two of us.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
