"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- "The government has to be wary of bringing charges in a very high-profile prosecution and then suffering a staggering defeat."
- The Royalists had suffered such a staggering defeat that their army never recovered; the government was left with only tribal irregulars using guerrilla tactics fighting on its side.
- This staggering defeat disheartened the Gothic force, which immediately abandoned the siege and withdrew.
- Since so many officers and soldiers had been killed during the staggering defeat at Osquivel, Tasia had been promoted yet again.
- The Democrats suffered a staggering defeat in the elections.
- Sunday's staggering defeat meant that Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt would have to wait yet another year for her seventh national title and her first since 1998.
- The country had just suffered a staggering defeat in the Six Day War with Israel, and protests against the government followed.
- "A staggering defeat," said Coach Pete Carroll.
- But what Pete Carroll, the Jets' coach, later called a "staggering defeat" had turned on two earlier moments.
- It was a staggering defeat for a boat that has prided herself on staying together during three months of trial racing.
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