gone bad
Example Sentences
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But for every success story, there are many tales of flips gone bad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
An old state law suggested putting dated labels on foods to help consumers know when their food has gone bad, instead of confusing, grocer-focused “Sell by” labels.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
Yet another instance of a surge gone bad.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023
The table is littered with scrawled notes and numbers, the detritus of hundreds of transactions gone bad, conflicts large and small, corporate and local, petty and profound.
From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2022
Thick dust crunched beneath their feet, and Harry’s nose detected, underneath the dank and mildewed smell, something worse, like meat gone bad.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
