lose ground
Example Sentences
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Global carmakers are facing a reckoning as US, European and Japanese brands lose ground to Chinese rivals setting the pace not only in electric vehicles, but also in batteries, design and software.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
The move also leaves Honda with very few EVs to sell around the world, causing it to lose ground to Chinese and South Korean competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Protecting democracies required "hard power", he said, while "theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications" would see the US lose ground to its adversaries.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Equities tend to lose ground as such uncertainty rises, as investors demand greater potential return to compensate for the additional risk.
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
Would an all-out rupture between the two of them cause the whole civil rights movement to lose ground?
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
