"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The defeat ended a four-game losing streak for the Cavaliers, who were playing their fourth game in five nights and had lost eight of their last nine games.
- Of the 95 games played in Miles Stadium, Virginia Tech won 66, lost 25, and tied 4; the most memorable win was arguably the October 24, 1964 defeat of Florida State University.
- Not every hit they get produces a run against you, not every defeat they inflict loses you the World Series.
- They got nine hits, mostly at the wrong time, and lost again to the Montreal Expos, 6-4, for their fourth consecutive defeat and longest losing streak of the year.
- The world No. 1 had a chance to serve out Wednesday's match at 5-4 in the second set but was broken, then lost four straight games en route to a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 defeat.
- The first to get knocked out or acknowledge defeat would lose.
- Again the first to go knock-out or acknowledge defeat would lose.
- The Jets never recovered as they lost the remaining four games of the season and Pete Carroll, who called the loss "a staggering defeat," subsequently lost his job as Jets head coach.
- But a 2-0 defeat would lose them their place in the Wembley final.
- After a heavy defeat at home losing 1-4 to the champion Changchun Yatai at the last match of 2007 season, owner Yang Saixin claimed that he was "fed up" and wanted to sell the club.
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