Sentence examples for closely defeated from inspiring English sources
The historic rupture of the Brexit vote this week, in which the "leave" camp closely defeated the "remain" camp, typifies the split societies we see today across Europe as well as in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Thus Obama's plan becomes "amnesty" even though, while there remain some key differences, its details are quite similar to the plan created by the Group of Eight, which itself closely resembles the defeated bipartisan plans of the last decade.
At about this time, the heirs of Annetje Jans petitioned the legislature for return of the farm from Trinity Church, which was closely associated with the defeated British.
NEW DELHI — Voters in northern and eastern Sri Lanka gave an alliance of parties closely linked to the defeated Tamil Tiger insurgency majorities in 18 of 26 local council elections, according to results released Sunday.
Anti-immigrant candidate Norbert Hofer defeated in closely-watched election.
The two men had worked closely together to defeat the 26-year-old Tamil Tiger insurgency but became estranged in the aftermath of the war.
"We stand by our ally Turkey and pledge to continue to work closely together to defeat the common threat of terrorism," Bass said in a statement.
It managed a heroic political recovery in a closely fought election, but was eventually defeated.
On November 13, Stanford defeated Arizona State in a closely fought 17 13 win that brought the Cardinal football team to 9 1 and its best record since 1951.
Three days later they defeated Fortuna Sittard in a closely contested KNVB Cup final on home soil at De Kuip to clinch their third league and cup double.
really defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in a closely watched congressional special election in June.
