loser
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In less than two weeks, he has turned around the entire Dodger team, transforming it from a likely first-round playoff loser to arguably a World Series favorite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
It only shows that Wall Street did not treat every large AI spender as a loser.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Look, when you're a prosecutor, you're expected to win every time. They made a difficult decision to charge a case that a lot of people thought might be a loser," he explained.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
So although it’s always worth taking them with a grain of salt, last night’s bigger loser was betting markets, whose predictive power in Wisconsin was effectively zero.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
The winner was to receive $78,125 and the loser $46,875.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
"But you know what, games are games, and just as there are winners, so there have to be losers."
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
A “found-footage” horror film like “Infirmary” shows the strengths and weakness of the genre, such as it is, a subcategory that’s seen plenty of winners and losers over the years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
That means nearly half of the constituents in the S&P 500 are technically trading in bear-market territory, as the gap between the stock market’s winners and losers has continued to widen.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Assuming AI doesn’t end humanity, which would be pretty terrible for the stock market, the wave of caution is creating both winners and losers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
We play full court, five- on-five, “winners stay on, losers sit.”
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
