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defeat

[dih-feet] / dɪˈfit /






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Defeat by Dundee United at Tannadice left Celtic five off the pace with seven rounds remaining, with Rangers sitting second.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Defeat "will pose enormous problems for the party," politics expert Laura McAllister of Cardiff University told AFP.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Appeared in the April 28, 2026, print edition as 'It’s Way Too Early to Declare Defeat in Iran'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Defeat by Ireland would rule Scotland out of the title race.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

For this reason, the mountain was changed from the Rock of the Edible Flies to Nguru ya Nawambe, which means simply “The Deadly Defeat of Nawambe.”

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba




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