defeat
Example Sentences
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The insurgency was winning, and Mr. Bush needed to shift his strategy or accept defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
Platner is expected to defeat Maine's Democratic Governor Janet Mills, who remains on the ballot despite suspending her campaign, along with lesser-known candidate David Costello.
From Barron's • 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
As William hunkered by the radio, Norway fell to the Nazis, and the British Army struggled to regroup after its defeat at Dunkirk.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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