defeated

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Bass defeated Caruso by nearly 10 percentage points.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

“When you’re born Latino and low-income in this society, you can’t let yourself be written off or you’re already defeated before you even begin.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Once in control of swathes of Syria and Iraq, IS was territorially defeated in 2019 in a battle spearheaded by Kurdish-led forces with support from a US-led international coalition.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

It was defeated by 19 votes to one - no other club supported them.

From BBC • May 26, 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