lose
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The broadcasters, meanwhile, don’t want to lose the revenue.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
"I could lose my job and I had a mortgage to pay," she said, adding that she "buried it for so long".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
She agreed to lock it up for 12 years, and in return she got a share of the stock market’s gains plus a promise that she would never lose a dollar.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Materials with low thermal inertia, such as beach sand, quickly gain heat in sunlight and lose it once the Sun disappears.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
There was one way I could guarantee he’d lose.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne remains in the squad but loses the gloves for the second Test, with Ryan Rickelton in line to keep wicket.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
It’s a mathematical fact of life that a portfolio that loses 20% and then gains 20% will still be down 4%, while one that loses and gains 30% will still be down 9%.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
When an acetyl tag is added to BCL6, the protein loses its ability to suppress the cell-death genes downstream from it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The state estimate it loses millions of dollars annually because of such schemes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
With the first nibble, Ronan yanks too quickly and loses the fish.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The chancellor has been seeking to regain some of his lost momentum by demonstrating Germany's appeal to investors and bolstering the muted economic recovery.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Nvidia has never said that it will save CoreWeave, whose shares have lost about a third of their value in the past month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
"Order was lost, and an attempt was made to restore order. I believe that from start to finish, it was a fiasco," he said on Monday.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
After all that, the part about annuities that people say they want—the guaranteed check for life—gets lost.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Sadly, some of Joey’s days are lost to us.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Allen was beaten 4-2 by fellow Antrim man Brown in his first event since losing to Wu Yize in heartbreaking fashion during the semi-finals of the World Championship in Sheffield in May.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
A deeper source could be supplying additional magma to the main reservoir, while a shallower reservoir near Santiago crater may be losing magma.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The company said the program was losing $40 million a year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
He wants more evidence that Intel can recover after losing share of revenue in the market for central processing units relative to AMD.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
I look out at our group and see a procession of broken people—unwashed, our hair caked with dirt, our clothes torn, open wounds on our feet, losing faith in everything we once held dear.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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