as in disaster
something that has failed
the movie is such a flop that theaters showing it are the loneliest places in town
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as in to collapse
to be unsuccessful
the attempt to run the ball into the end zone flopped, and our team lost by five points
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Recent Examples of flop
Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
And Universal’s comedic vampire gorefest, Abigail, failed to show its fangs, unable to recoup its production costs at the North American box office to qualify as a flop.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Brennan Long, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2024
And in lupus, long considered a B cell disease, some monoclonal antibodies have flopped in trials.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for flop 
Noun
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Fact check: Hovde’s claim Baldwin won 'nearly 90%' of absentee votes is a flop, Nov. 15, 2024.
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There’s nothing quite like a summer hosting flop to inspire you to get your act together before the holiday season.
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About that Biden debate disaster… No one disputes thatBiden had an unmitigated disaster of a debate on June 27.Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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In the wake of the disaster, lessons have been learned, and steps taken to ensure Notre Dame’s protection in the future.Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Duccio, on the other hand, pulls Jesus down to earth, plopping him onto the top of a hill that might be found somewhere in Italy.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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Eric has a backup plan to save Pierpoint, which involves calling up Ali, the Arabic-speaking trader plopped unceremoniously on his desk this season.Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2024
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As other projects have collapsed, had internal fighting, rug pulls, liquidity issues, legal troubles, and more, the Bitcoin community has sat back with a quiet confidence that no other project could match.Nimrod Lehavi, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Our focus has been on doping – adding foreign atoms to the diamond structure to improve conductivity – without collapsing the diamond’s structure into graphite.New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
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Females flap their wings at around 500 Hz, after which males take off and start buzzing at about 800 Hz — rapidly modulating this frequency when the females are nearby, per the study.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Using a pair of Joy-Con controllers (the gyroscope-enabled snap-on bits of a Nintendo Switch), players must physically flap their arms to ascend and tilt the controllers to steer.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
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Medications Heart failure medications help reduce symptoms and vary in type and dosing.Rafle Fernandez, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
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The passive instance takes over in the event of a failure, ensuring minimal downtime.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Undulating forms press outward toward the edges and then fold back in on themselves, like ocean waves or a flower’s petals.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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By the time Hitsville had folded, the church had become a multi-tentacled house of God, raking in millions from a theology school, TV network, a college, daycare center, and other ancillary businesses.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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The screen will typically flutter once or twice while processing the color.Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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My heart was fluttering strongly on and off for about four hours.Scott Kramer, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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That’s how many people were arrested in a mob bust in northern Italy — including a Catholic nun with the Sisters of Charity Institute in Milan.Daniel Wine, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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During a press conference at the East Police Precinct, where state and city leaders were celebrating a record drug bust, O'Connell expressed frustration that the debate strayed from the facts of the Fusus proposal.Nate Rau, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Flop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flop. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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