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defeat

[dih-feet] / dɪˈfit /






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Clarke believes that crushing defeat put Scotland "on the back foot" for the remainder of their tournament, which again ended at the group stage.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Earlier on Wednesday, Amanda Anisimova sailed past Siegemund as she returned to the grass for the first time since her heavy Wimbledon final defeat last year.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The insurgency was winning, and Mr. Bush needed to shift his strategy or accept defeat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

In September 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, setting loose the Second World War twenty years after Germany’s crushing defeat in the First.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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