defeat
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Still, the Berkeley IGS poll found that Raman and Bass would defeat Pratt by double digits in a runoff.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Cepeda faces an uphill battle to overturn his first-round defeat.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Waters said, while there was "no single reason why Labour collapsed... confronting the extent and the depth of the defeat is the first thing".
From BBC • May 31, 2026
As for the Knicks, the defeat launched nearly three decades of fired coaches, terrible trades, talentless rosters—and one remarkable hot streak that has them right back on the sport’s biggest stage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Adiah snarled, but it was half-hearted, a sound full of defeat.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Vocabulary lists containing defeat
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