"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- With polls forecasting a bruising defeat for Mr. Cuomo, he quit the race a week before the primary.
- That came to an abrupt end, triggering the second phase, when the Liberal Democrats suffered a bruising defeat in the AV referendum in May this year.
- But after a bruising defeat in a race for Nassau County Executive, he was appointed to fill a vacancy on State Supreme Court in 1968 and has been a judge ever since.
- And a month later, the party suffered another bruising defeat when it lost the gubernatorial elections in Chiapas, a state that had previously been a solid bastion of support.
- GERRY FRANCIS condemned the match officials after QPR's bruising defeat.
- They point to the bruising, 2-to-1 defeat Mr. Molinari suffered at the hands of William L. Murphy two years ago in a race for Staten Island district attorney.
- That contributed to a bruising defeat for the Christian Democrats, long the majority party.
- In the first contest after his bruising defeat in New Hampshire a week ago, Gov. George W. Bush handily won the Republican primary in Delaware today.
- If the Lib Dems experience a bruising defeat, it will only drive home the message that Clegg's decision to join the Coalition is unpopular with many voters.
- The greatest burden of that decision has been having to stay in office for two years after suffering a bruising defeat.
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