No matter who is chosen, the winner will also lose.

He only had to travel from Berkeley, yet this six-time winner of the championship lost his first four games.

Like the very fat person who is obsessed with starving, the winner has lost his ability to distinguish psychological from material need.

The winner of the game almost loses his soul!

Then in 1876, 1888 and 2000, the winner of electoral vote lost the popular vote outright.

On the other hand, the winner could just lose big.

It was the first time ever that the winners lost the second match.

Losing stocks yesterday far outnumbered the winners, 1,232 to 698.

Upset, in a competition where a likely winner loses to an underdog.

Thus, had only two candidates entered the contest, the putative winner might well have lost.