lost
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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
The bout was hair vs. hair; whichever billionaire lost would be stripped of their mane in the ring.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
You may even die before those nearly two decades elapse, so you would have lost out on all that extra loot.
From MarketWatch • 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
“Do you mind terribly if we don’t stay? I seem to have lost my appetite and I don’t think I can sit still to watch you two eat a whole meal.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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