losing ground

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A conservation approach once praised as a global model for helping people and predators coexist may be losing ground because of a lack of long-term government support, according to new research.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

OpenAI missed multiple monthly revenue targets earlier this year after losing ground to Anthropic in the coding and enterprise markets, people familiar with its finances said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The sneaker maker is losing ground in its second-biggest market and warns that the next quarter there could be worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

One problem is that a chunk of the fund consists of consumer packaged goods companies that are losing ground to smaller companies that are offering healthier products to appeal to consumers’ health push.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Thomas had charged thirty or forty feet into the woods, dodging and ducking and losing ground with every second, when the beetle blade jumped onto a particularly large tree and scooted up its trunk.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner