Sentence examples for a lost month from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a lost month" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a month during which significant time was wasted or unproductive, often due to unforeseen circumstances.
Example: "After the unexpected delays in the project, we felt like we had just experienced a lost month."
Alternatives: "a wasted month" or "a month gone to waste".

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Mr. Obama was back in the fund-raising game on Wednesday night in Chicago, hours before his 50th birthday, making up for a lost month of fund-raising.

For the Obama campaign, the fund-raiser will help make up for a lost month, when the White House was forced to cancel several events featuring the president because of the debt talks.

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When Kevin Brown came off the field after a losing September effort against the Orioles and smashed his left fist (it was not his pitching hand) into a wall, breaking some bones and sidelining himself for the most serious part of the season, it confirmed something rich and dark about the fame-burdened old champions in the minds of their insatiable haters.

Beyond the 24-nines, Stroger's office has been embroiled in scandal, especially since he became a lame duck after losing February's primary to Toni Preckwinkle.

It was also finishing the first losing November for a Riley-coached team in 19 years.

Ron Nick Offermann) volunteers to help, claiming that he does not want to lose April as an assistant while denying he cares about April and Andy's relationship.

The fact that genes--and a lost trait--may be reincorporated into a species "may represent a common theme in plant evolution," says Loren Rieseberg, an evolutionary biologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

"We had a losing record in April and May, and we were 14 games back," Phillips said.

(1). 5. MILWAUKEE: After fast start, first-place Brewers entered final day of May with a losing record for the month.

The Suns never had a losing record after November, and a long losing streak usually meant three in a row.

Valentine's five Mets teams have a losing record in September, 53 victories, 60 defeats.

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