Holmes accepted defeat with his customary grace.

Following defeat with Belgium, Iraq were eliminated from the World Cup.

But of course, my grandmother was right to equate defeat with liberation.

Nor could Israel, with its overwhelming technological advantage, defeat Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Gbagbo s refusal to accept defeat has met with a remarkable international rebuke.

in a nearby land . They will reverse their defeat with a victory

He admitted defeat.

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During the Napoleonic Wars, most of its engagements with the British ended in defeat.

Peace came about only with the total and unconditional defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels.

Indeed, this policy, even with its risks, partly explains Al Qaeda s defeat in Saudi Arabia.

They have admitted their defeat.

Tin political ears deserve defeat.

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Hand in hand with democratic security to defeat terrorism and to guarantee the freedoms of all my compatriots, along with transparency and citizen participation to defeat corruption, we have made a commitment to eradicate poverty and improve equity.

The new consensus can be described as follows Ségolène Royal cannot defeat Nicolas Sarkozy, but Sarkozy can defeat himself.

He had 33 caps for Portugal national football team, from 12 October 1969, in a 0 1 defeat with Romania, during the World Cup qualifying rounds, to 8 March 1978, in a 0 2 defeat with France, in a friendly match.

The Lakota defeat the U.S. army.

No one was prepared for defeat.

But I want France to avenge its defeat at the last World Cup in Seville, not its defeat at Verdun.

With Hitler s defeat, it once again became part of the Russian sphere, this time of Soviet Russia.

Disunity made the Arab defeat almost inevitable.

With the defeat and demise of Saddam Hussein, the danger of an Eastern front against Israel has diminished.

America s former adversaries either became preoccupied with consolidating or sharing power, suffered domestic defeat, or confronted neighboring states.

Compared with the strong arm tactics employed by his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderón, Colom seems resigned to defeat.

With Hollande s defeat of Nicolas Sarkozy, Merkel has virtually no support in the eurozone besides that of Finland.

From that time on, Japan trod a lonely path that ended with its defeat in World War II.

But the EU s habit is not to defeat the UN s extremists, but to make strange compromises with them.

Germany's plan was to quickly defeat the French.

William Slim, Defeat Into Victory , London Cassell, 1956.

Only freedom and democracy can ultimately defeat terrorism.

The Roma, and Europe, have suffered a great defeat.

It has shown that it can defeat Georgia s army.

The Serbs suffered defeat in the Battle of Kosovo.

His reign came to an end with his defeat at Dürnkrut at the hands of Rudolph I of Germany in 1278.

In his normal state, Mario can tolerate one hit from an enemy and defeat most of the foes with a stomp.

After Napoleon's defeat, in 1815, the region returned to Austria.

This is powerful stuff, and dwarfs the narrow technocratic instincts of Mrs. Clinton, whose schoolgirl approach to the campaign has justly earned her defeat after defeat in the primaries.

Rather than admit defeat, US officials are resorting to diversionary rhetoric.

I firmly believe that the military option alone cannot defeat terror.

But Germany s defeat, however widely celebrated, holds much cause for concern.

Only a strong leader, de Gaulle thought, could have avoided defeat.

If he were to admit defeat, his presidency would be destroyed.

In football, defeat is never definitive, but it is always passionate.

After ruling for over 22 years, Yahya Jammeh has accepted defeat.