defeat
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Defeat by Paris St-Germain in Budapest on Saturday night came only on penalties, but Arsenal's limitations against opposition of the highest class were evident before the spot-kicks.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Defeat at Tannadice before the international break left them five points behind with seven matches to play, but five straight wins since have narrowed the gap to one.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Defeat "will pose enormous problems for the party," politics expert Laura McAllister of Cardiff University told AFP.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Appeared in the April 28, 2026, print edition as 'It’s Way Too Early to Declare Defeat in Iran'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
For this reason, the mountain was changed from the Rock of the Edible Flies to Nguru ya Nawambe, which means simply “The Deadly Defeat of Nawambe.”
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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