lose ground
Example Sentences
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The risk for Anthropic—and its backers and suppliers—was that an extended pause in its model rollout would see it lose ground to OpenAI, although the ChatGPT-developer faces its own obstacles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
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
While Somalia continues to lose ground to the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab, Somaliland has maintained peace and democratic governance for more than three decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
But Alibaba could lose ground in other areas.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 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
