defeat
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Burnley right-back Roberts has been absent since injuring himself during Wales' World Cup qualifying defeat by Belgium in June 2025.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The “Histories” of Herodotus, likely composed in the mid-fifth-century B.C., recounted the Persian defeat as a paradigm of the perils of reckless imperialism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Nobody in either country voted for any of this, but perhaps the enduring lesson of the Cuban tragedy is that change is always possible, even in the darkest hour, and defeat is not forever.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
Then she netted 10 points in 16 minutes during a defeat of the Toronto Tempo.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
As the Russians closed in, Hitler vowed that the Russians would suffer their worst defeat in Berlin.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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