go bad
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“I have to put it in the fridge to defrost, but you can’t put it there too far in advance” or the yogurt will go bad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
Or I forget about my bottles of egg yolk and water, which go bad and stink up the cellar with a smell like sulfur.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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