lost cause
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Bleached corals had been largely written off because of their high mortality rate, said Collins -- though the new work instead demonstrates they "really shouldn't be thought of as a lost cause."
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
And the championship, he now knows, is almost a lost cause.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
His long-term health isn’t worth risking to save a completely lost cause.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
They were comfortable confiding in one another to the point of calling the war “already a lost cause for Germany,” as Kiep put it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
The whole pageant seemed like such a lost cause that it didn’t even occur to me to be concerned by the fact that I didn’t have an escort.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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