have flopped
- present perfect of flop.
Example Sentences
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Pfizer knows this since several drugs that it has acquired in recent years have flopped in trials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
A rival to the National Football League would require a large number of players, and past efforts to create competitor leagues have flopped.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
Romelu Lukaku was generally considered to have flopped after big money transfers for United and Chelsea, but is one of Inter’s players with genuine star appeal.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
They have flopped before, countless wonderful summers cruelly melted into autumn ashes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
If it had not been for the presence of Lwoff, the meeting would have flopped totally.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
