defeated
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Norway defeated England again in a 1993 qualifying match, contributing to England missing the 1994 World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
McConnell defeated Huddleston by a margin of 5,269 votes.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Led by brash American coach Jesse Marsch, the team surprised many by fighting into the round of 16 - the furthest they've ever gone in the tournament - before being defeated by Morocco.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Mexico defeated past world champions France and Germany in 2010 and 2018, respectively, but those wins came in the group stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
A score of genuinely brilliant military leaders who also confronted a superior enemy force—Hannibal, Robert E. Lee, and Napoleon come to mind—were eventually defeated because they presumed that victory meant winning battles.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
