defeats
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After two one-sided defeats in the first two Tests, the tourists have revamped their squad and backroom staff for the third and final match of the series at Edgbaston.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Pakistan have a history of making eccentric decisions in the wake of defeats.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
But Djokovic surely doesn’t love having his defeats turn into other people’s career mountaintops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
WASHINGTON—President Trump suffered one of his most personal legal defeats earlier this year when a judge ordered his name to be taken off the front of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
This was going to be one of the worst defeats in Little League history!
From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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