Her first political effort, in the seventh grade, flopped.

Some efforts to expand have flopped.

An effort to market frozen desserts in 1986 also flopped.

After that effort flopped, he returned to the fold.

The first efforts to bring videodisc to the consumer market flopped badly.

Mattel's early efforts to battle Bratz flopped.

Latin American efforts to exercise collective bargaining power against multinationals have equally flopped.

The effort to sell the plan to a skeptical Congress and voters flopped.

Sometimes, his efforts flopped.

As later efforts to develop commercial jets flopped, Japanese companies - with government assistance - focused more on supplying other builders.