go bad
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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
And because bananas go bad quickly, companies are generally unable to build up large inventories ahead of tariffs the way some did with electronics or furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
I woke up the next morning, slightly panicked, cataloguing in my head how I would need to freeze and label the meat and seafood so it doesn’t go bad before we use it all.
From Salon • May 1, 2025
Even from that distance, Annabeth could smell the spider’s stink, like an entire bakery full of pastries left to go bad for a month.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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