not half bad
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Their trip to Miami looked not half bad too.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
She's actually not half bad in these flicks, although she looks like a confused chipmunk in every other shot.
From Golf Digest ● Nov. 18, 2019
Oh, and the golf’s not half bad either.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2019
William Howard Taft, having been defeated by Woodrow Wilson in 1912, became the 10th chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, which as fallback plans go is not half bad.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2017
As a poet he was not half bad, but painting was his passion.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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