defeat
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"The defeat is a major embarrassment for Nigel Farage."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Harris has maintained a relatively low profile since her 2024 defeat, but has been easing back into the spotlight with a series of appearances and trips across southern states.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
That hegemony was the result of the settlement that followed the Greco-Persian wars, which ended with Persia’s defeat at Plataea in 479 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Mr. Lane’s sadly sloping eyebrows, his hunched gait—as if awaiting another blow from a brutal universe—are physical expressions of a man who is doomed to defeat as soon as we see him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
For a moment, it appeared as if the wall might still hold...then, with a sound like a sigh of defeat, the entire wall collapsed into a heap of thick, white vapor.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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