lose ground
Example Sentences
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The move also leaves Honda with very few EVs to sell around the world, causing it to lose ground to Chinese and South Korean competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Equities tend to lose ground as such uncertainty rises, as investors demand greater potential return to compensate for the additional risk.
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
Bompastor's side remain on course to win a quadruple and will not want to lose ground in any competition.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
But the accounts given by survivors are an ominous warning of what could happen elsewhere in Myanmar as the military continues to lose ground to an increasingly confident and capable armed opposition movement.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024
She worried that easing up on their demands during the war would cause women to lose ground and forfeit the modest gains they had won.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
