The motion to merge failed when supporters in the NHL lost by one vote.

His supporters lost the 1997 legislative election.

No scientific results have been made, but the supporters have never lost their faith.

The ardent supporters of that vision have not given up, but have lost their hold on the electorate.

The supporters of the Catholics lost and had to move to Buddu.

As a result, many supporters of the reform movement lost hope and did not participate in the election.

Mr. Pataki's supporters challenged those subpoenas in court, but lost in a decision released last week.

A consistent supporter of campaign-finance reform during several terms as a state representative, her campaign-finance proposal lost by two votes in 1997.

As a result many Socialist supporters lost their initially high hopes for the parliament elected by universal suffrage.

And there were all sorts of moments when our supporters lost hope, and it looked like we weren't going to win.