In American eyes he forfeited much of the moral and diplomatic respectability he had slowly garnered.
A further delay on a budget bill could forfeit much of the Republican agenda.
To meet those requirements, G.M.'s brands began sharing not only parts but engineering strategies, in the process forfeiting much of their personality.
Israel, which has long followed a policy of retaliation against terrorism, has not thereby won security—and the United States, incidentally, has forfeited much of its goodwill in the Muslim world by its inability to persuade the Israelis to pursue negotiation.
If the tribunal is performing a crucial and valuable function through documenting what actually happened in the former Yugoslavia, it forfeits much of its raison d'etre without the big names in the dock.
But after banks return the TARP money, the administration will forfeit much of its leverage over them.
What if it believes America has forfeited much of its moral right to lead over the last eight years, no longer has the power that it used to, and that anyway we are moving towards a global multipolar system, as Washington's own National Intelligence Council predicts?
A court in Singapore will decide whether the outsiders will forfeit much of their investment.By pushing harder for a fair, timely election, India is having to learn more of "the fine arts of dealing with other people's troubles", concludes C. Raja Mohan, an observer of foreign policy in the region.
The British, of course, retain official status as subjects of the crown a throw-back to the days when individuals forfeited much of their autonomy over their "nasty, brutish, and short" lives, as Thomas Hobbes put it, in return for the protection of the state.
By ruling in favor of Walker's squalid politics, the state Supreme Court has forfeited much of its legitimacy and endangered fair elections.
