Example Sentences

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Over the past six months, resistance fighters in Myanmar’s hinterlands have been defeating the ruling military junta in battle after battle, stunning analysts.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2024

It might have been defeating my own ends.

From Grit Lawless by Young, F.E. Mills