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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bad batch of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a group of items or people that are of poor quality or have undesirable characteristics.
Example: "The restaurant had to throw away a bad batch of ingredients that arrived spoiled."
Alternatives: "a poor selection of" or "an inferior group of".
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(He thought he had got a bad batch of fertilizer).
"The concern was, this could be a bad batch of heroin that had anthrax," Dr. Shapiro said.
In Athens, dozens of asylum seekers had food poisoning following a bad batch of government-supplied meals.
Police believe that the students ingested a bad batch of the drug and have launched an investigation.
Some thought the symptoms were caused by a bad batch of "poppers" -- nitrate inhalants, widely used for a quick high in gay bars and clubs.
The venue's director blamed a "bad batch of ecstasy" for Friday's incident, which saw paramedics called to a show featuring DJs Axwell and Armand Van Helden.
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This isn't the first time that a suspected bad batch of K2 and its variants have caused a mass series of overdoses.
Police are telling Christchurch partiers to destroy their E, after a possible bad batch of ecstasy sent 13 people to hospital.
There was no rubella outbreak among pregnant women and no evidence of a "bad batch". No vaccine is used only in northeast Brazil.
"We understand that the three people involved may have taken other substances and as a precaution checks are under way to establish what those drugs were and to ensure that they have not taken drugs that are part of a bad batch".
For those who still hold out such hope, Vanguard Gold and Precious Metals fund is the best of a bad batch.
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