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loser

[loo-zer] / ˈlu zər /


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Shares have gone from AI loser to winner and back again as investors fret about higher interest rates and hyperscalers’ aggressive AI spending plans.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Ostapenko will face either Antonia Ruzic of Croatia or compatriot Darja Semenistaja - the lucky loser who replaced Raducanu in the draw.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

As for stocks, he said the market seems to be saying that it wants to dump anything that looks like an AI loser, along with some “babies with the bathwater,” and it doesn’t care.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

"We can't know which combatant came out on top of that fight, but the healing tells us that, winner or loser, this animal survived the encounter."

From Science Daily Jun. 13, 2026

Because—according to Camille, at least—Mom is a selfish loser who ruined our lives.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Any such reforms would take time, and bring winners and losers.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

DiFucci just turned bullish on two of this year’s biggest software losers — ServiceNow and Salesforce, whose shares are down 33% and 38%, respectively, so far in 2026.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

That’s right: If you’d bought all the stocks in the S&P 500 and then never touched them, you would have outperformed the index itself, even as it kept adding winners and dropping losers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

IonQ’s outperformance comes as the market moves away from viewing quantum as a monolithic hype trade and begins to separate the winners from the losers.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The fact that everyone always tried to pair them up—the two biggest losers at camp!

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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