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defeat

noun as in frustration

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It is her first conference as Conservative leader after she was elected last year in the wake of the party's heavy defeat in the 2024 general election.

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The reaction to Arsenal's defeat by Lyon told a tale which is becoming all too familiar.

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With her bat dropped to the floor and a slump of the shoulders, England's long-serving captain looked like she had been defeated.

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She took on the leadership after the party suffered a heavy defeat in the 2024 general election.

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Macron's centrist bloc lost its parliamentary majority after he called a snap parliamentary election in response to a defeat in last year's European Parliament vote.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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