the bad

noun

: the unpleasant things that happen to people

You have to take the good with the bad.

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But the bad news for Chelsea, their fans and those goal-hungry neutrals is that this newfound clinical edge is unlikely to last. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The special will reunite the bad girls of season seven including Stasi Townsend, Shelly Hickman, Judi Jackson, Tiara Hodge, Angie Castillo, and Priscilla Mennella. — Peter White, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 The only way to make the bad guys sweat is to hand them a subpoena — or, at the least, to depict them unflatteringly on television. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 Every experiment gets funded—the good ideas and the bad ideas. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the bad

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