Example Sentences

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The summit, he believes, was defeating Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera in March 2003 in the first of their three fights.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2023

The Reign’s first match at Lumen was defeating Portland 2-1 last summer as part of a doubleheader with the Sounders.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2022

Janes said the paperwork required was defeating; a missing ID number or lost document meant no benefit.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2021

Nor was defeating an incumbent any easier in those days.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2016

He thought, indeed, that vituperative and satiric criticism was defeating its own end, in the case of the Edinburgh Review since it was overworked to the point of monotony.

From Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature by Ball, Margaret