lost
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But a foreign ministry spokesman for mediator Pakistan, which hosted an initial round of talks between the warring parties, said it had not "lost hope" in a negotiated resolution.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Surely, the inventors of the game had won 10-0—not lost to a bunch of relative amateurs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
A decade after it was opened, most of China City was lost in a fire, but one major building remained.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
They hadn’t lost a game since April 23.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
We had gone looking for Marlene, lost her, and now she had found us.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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