defeated

Example Sentences

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But the nature of the market is that the risk of a mishap is never truly defeated, only contained.

From Barron's

Temperatures in Chicago could be in the teens or lower when the Rams play the Bears, who defeated the Green Bay Packers, 31-27, Saturday at Soldier Field.

From Los Angeles Times

But when his father was not among those freed, he felt "defeated".

From BBC

"I hear my parents talking, many people lost lives. It was Museveni that defeated that," said a former teacher, Innocent, 31.

From Barron's

Argentina’s junta was replaced with a democratic government a year after being defeated by the United Kingdom in the 1982 Falklands War.

From The Wall Street Journal