defeat
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So was the millions of dollars spent by outside interests to defeat it, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
There were gurgling, cooing, month-and-a-half old newborns in Brooklyn and Westchester who had never known the soul-emptying pain of a crushing Knicks defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
North Wales Crusaders suffered the biggest defeat of any side in the top two divisions in the 131-year history of rugby league.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
France, beaten finalists in 2022 and tipped to make a deep run this year, rounded off their preparations in style as Michael Olise struck a hat-trick in a 3-1 defeat of Northern Ireland in Lille.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The French had suffered a humiliating defeat in their war with Germany in 1870–71, when France was forced to surrender the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, a loss that France could neither forgive nor forget.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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