winning position
Example Sentences
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Milan's Lidl-Trek team had to fight hard to get into a winning position, catching a long escape just 250m from the finish line.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
South Africa suffered an agonising defeat in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup after playing themselves into a winning position against India in Barbados.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
Greed also causes overleveraging: You keep adding to a winning position without moving your stop up to protect profits, then suddenly bad news hits, and what was your biggest winner yesterday wipes you out today.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026
Tottenham captain Son Heung-min called Spurs' latest defeat "unacceptable" and said his fellow players "need to take responsibility" after they dropped points from a winning position for a fifth consecutive game.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023
The game was resumed the next day and Bobby, feeling ebullient because he was in a winning position, agreed to play on the main stage.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
