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Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield threw for 200 yards and two scores in defeat.
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Even in defeat, this has been an impressive year for Gates and company.
—Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
Lucy Hynes and Alaina Peetz scored seven points apiece in defeat for Lockport (21-4, 10-2).
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Even so, only one Republican senator — Kansas’ Nancy Kassebaum — voted against Tower, who went down in defeat, 47-53.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Even in defeat, this has been an impressive year for Gates and company.
—Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
Lucy Hynes and Alaina Peetz scored seven points apiece in defeat for Lockport (21-4, 10-2).
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Even so, only one Republican senator — Kansas’ Nancy Kassebaum — voted against Tower, who went down in defeat, 47-53.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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“In defeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20defeat. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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