be defeated
Example Sentences
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“This will be defeated, there’s no question in my mind,” Newsom said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
But could slavery ever be defeated without force?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
"In a hundred battles, you will never be defeated."
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
I think there was a part of me that wanted to believe he would be defeated against all odds, but I knew there was a very real possibility this would happen.
From Salon • Nov. 13, 2024
Thor was not going to be defeated in a simple game of lifting a cat.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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