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  • past participle of lose.
  • past tense form of lose.
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lost

[lawst, lost] / lɔst, lɒst /




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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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