losing ground
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Losing sales, losing customers and losing ground to its rivals.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
"The Social Democrats are losing ground," she noted, even though the late stages of the campaign were dominated by traditional left-wing issues, notably healthcare, schools and benefits.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Erin Mulvaney explains how the Wachtell defections reflect a broader trend of elite New York firms losing ground to bigger rivals, where rainmakers play high-stakes musical chairs for pay packages rivaling those of NBA stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
One of the biggest losers has been Nike, which has been a dominant athletics retail brand in China since at least the 1990s, but is steadily losing ground to local rivals with fresher brand identities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
These are, after all, precisely the kind of lower-income kids who Alexander identified as losing ground over the long summer vacation, so KIPP’s response is simply to not have a long summer vacation.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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