lose
Example Sentences
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But the Panthers will not enter the playoffs with momentum: They lost 16-14 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their regular-season finale, committing three turnovers and rushing for just 19 yards.
From Los Angeles Times
"Worries about work, family, friendships and romances, about needing to lose weight or gain weight or exercise more. I think those moments dissolved even that last tiny bit of prejudice I still had."
From BBC
He points to large databases of people who have successfully lost weight and have maintained that weight loss, for example the National Weight Control Registry in the USA, with over 10,000 participants.
From BBC
"Sometimes you need luck on your side and two years ago in the quarter-final against Cape Verde Ronwen Williams made a big save, otherwise we could have lost that game," Broos added.
From Barron's
In its 2024 presidential election, the incumbent lost and peacefully relinquished power.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
