losing ground
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A conservation approach once praised as a global model for helping people and predators coexist may be losing ground because of a lack of long-term government support, according to new research.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
OpenAI missed multiple monthly revenue targets earlier this year after losing ground to Anthropic in the coding and enterprise markets, people familiar with its finances said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The sneaker maker is losing ground in its second-biggest market and warns that the next quarter there could be worse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Shares of home builders were losing ground in early Tuesday trading after a Seaport analyst downgraded all the stocks he covered, giving up on his previous view that housing demand was starting to bottom.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
But then I remembered something else: his son had seen him losing ground, sliding back to the rear of the column.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
