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His nightmare would be to see the rebels defeated without Russia getting anything in return.
Their stoicism enables them to be defeated without losing face, thereby defusing potentially violent situations.
They cannot be fully defeated without addressing their political roots, including whatever local support they enjoy.
Twenty-one of 30 state senators are Republicans, and none of the bills would have been defeated without many of them voting in opposition.
At the press conference, Dempsey said of ISIS members, "Can they be defeated without addressing that part of their organization which resides in Syria?
Russia cannot afford to see an ally, for whom it has done so much, be defeated without serious damage to its international standing.
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But better to try and fail than to go down to defeat without even trying at all.
Bursaspor were marginally more dangerous, with Volkan Sen much improved on his woeful efforts at Old Trafford a fortnight ago when the Turkish champions slipped to defeat without much of a fight.
That's leading nationalist rebels to regret that they have left the jihadist groups unchallenged until they became a major threat — one that may have become too big to defeat without creating more, brutal rifts in southern Syria.
Kirk handily defeated six opponents without a runoff.
General Washington acknowledged he couldn't have defeated the British without it.
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