defeat
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Wales earned plaudits but Craig Bellamy wants more from his side, after admitting they were forced to suffer in their narrow 1-0 defeat in Portugal.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
He teaches us to meet defeat with humility and surrender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Bournemouth, meanwhile, pushed Liverpool all the way before falling to a gritty 1-0 defeat, with Alisson forced into a brilliant recovery stop to deny the Cherries an early opener.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Her quest is not to defeat all of the monsters, but to always remember that every zombie was, like her, human.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
On this anniversary of defeat it seemed almost for a moment that we were victors.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Ugly back-to-back defeats have the Los Angeles Chargers off to the first 0-2 start of the legendary coach’s career—and it only becomes more difficult from here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
To deem a film whose worst mistake is some inherent goofiness as “insidious” defeats the entire point.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
However, she has been unable to replicate that form outdoors, suffering three defeats by Werro, including losing her European crown to the 22-year-old.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Jayden Maiava passes for 261 yards and five touchdowns as No. 14 USC defeats Louisiana 49-30 to head into Big Ten play next week undefeated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
At the beginning we were too young to understand what was going on; by the end we had become used to news of battles, defeats, and victories.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called on the U.N. to remove references to defeated World War II nations as “enemy states” from its charter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nithya Raman, 45, has served on the Los Angeles City Council since 2020, when she defeated incumbent David Ryu to represent a district that includes Los Feliz, the Hollywood Hills and Sherman Oaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
In Greek mythology, the volcano was associated with the burial of the giants Typhon and Enceladus after they were defeated by the Olympian gods.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The Chicago Bears defeated the Carolina Panthers 59-37 in a season opener that featured a combined 96 points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I wasn’t as convinced that the chupacabras could be defeated with stakes and holy water.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
He views defeating China in the AI race as a primary objective.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Soon he’ll tell us he carried dozens of people on his own back while personally defeating the terrorists.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some people have suggested defeating this by posting false information about yourself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Hichilema himself won office in 2021 on his sixth attempt, defeating arch-rival Edgar Lungu in a landslide.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The French counterattacked, defeating him at a hastily built stockade near Great Meadows, Pennsylvania.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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