defeat
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Before then, their European Cup defence ended with a quarter-final exit to Juventus while there was a Uefa Cup quarter-final defeat by Atletico Madrid in 1997-98.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Take this week’s defeat of Elon Musk in his lawsuit against rival OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
That means the opposition parties would need to agree on an alternative candidate to defeat Swinney, a highly unlikely prospect.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
France lost the battle, but defeat in the war came not in the dying.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
After washing our clothes with boiling water and lye soap, my ma finally admitted defeat and burned them in the hearth.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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