duds
Example Sentences
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Lucasfilm was hit-and-miss under Kennedy—for every Star Wars success story like The Force Awakens, there were duds like Solo, a spinoff that focuses on original trilogy icon Han Solo.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
The band’s first three studio albums, starting in 1970, were commercial duds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
The Brisbane Courier Mail claimed England are "not even trying anymore", the Advertiser from Adelaide labelled the tourists "rub a dub duds" and Sydney's Daily Telegraph carried the headline "Surfed and Turfed".
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
The United States has a sophisticated testing system that doesn’t require setting off explosions, and when it comes to deterrence, nobody in the world assumes that America’s arsenal is full of duds.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
But when he saw that Mareth looked nervous, too, he stuck the duds in his pocket.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
