defeat
Example Sentences
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Somewhere over the winter, as defeats piled up and Spurs tumbled down the standings, they had entered a catastrophic nosedive.
Instead, France's dreams of a full house were punctured by an extraordinary 50-40 defeat in Scotland last weekend.
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In Rome - a weak mentality, a dominated scrum, a broken lineout, a defeated demeanour, an endgame of 29 forlorn phases in the rain.
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Sherwood also steered Villa away from the drop but, shorn of influential stars Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph in the summer, was sacked after six successive defeats left them bottom in October.
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Tudor, 47, has overseen four consecutive defeats - including three in the Premier League - in a dismal start since he succeeded Thomas Frank on 14 February.
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