"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- An increase of about 50 percent was defeated in Congress last winter under public pressure.
- The bill to set a waiting period was defeated in 1988 under similar circumstances.
- He defeated five other candidates with just under half the popular vote to pick up the new district for his party.
- A proposal to include devices in the 2004 rule was defeated under pressure from the industry.
- He was only defeated in 1259, under the Berke's rule.
- Terrorism, he said, could not be defeated in a society "under the influence of superpowers."
- The 3,636 who voted split evenly, thus defeating the budget under state rules.
- He was overwhelmingly defeated and driven away by the an army under the command of Ahmed.
- His army was defeated by Louis outnumbering forces under high losses on both sides.
- These engines are able to play a game that, when run on an up-to-date personal computer, can defeat most master players under tournament conditions.
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