lose
Example Sentences
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The Kiwis are the only team this century not to lose in group play while also failing to advance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026
Sometimes all you can do is fight, knowing you’ll probably lose but going for that puncher’s chance regardless.
From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026
Win your first World Cup game in 36 years, immediately think you'll probably lose the next two, and wonder if you're out or not already.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
If the contracts expired that day, Kalshi said, traders who had bet on Maduro would win, and everyone else would lose.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
It’s easy to lose your identity in a place like this, she writes.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing lose
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