too bad
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"Brazilians are the leaders of football, what can we do? It's too bad we have to play against them," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
It’s too bad Donald was too young to see the entire 13-hour version of Victory at Sea.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
It started off looking not too bad, with Isack Hadjar qualifying third at the first race of the season, even though Max Verstappen crashed in qualifying.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
“I do see this as more of an extension of a live BP situation. So it didn’t feel too bad going into this game.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
I just wanted to be invisible, but I couldn’t because a lot of kids came up to me and said they were sorry and “it’s too bad about what happened.”
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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