Sentence examples for marked defeat from inspiring English sources

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October concluded with a home fixture against Leeds United; a 3 0 win for Arsenal marked defeat for former manager George Graham, who made his managerial return to Highbury.

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Does this then mark defeat for proponents of the principle of pay-for-performance as more and more firms reveal the extent to which the truth has been "Pay Without Performance"—the title of a recent book by two American law professors, Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried?The power and the payNot necessarily, for the idea remains essentially sound.

Having served in the Napoleonic Wars, d'Urville was of the generation marked by defeat.

The elections of June 1900 marked the defeat of the Pelloux government and of attempts to impose illiberal laws.

Less than 24 hours after Keane's arrival the sense of desolation deepened when the Republic of Ireland striker's debut was marked by defeat at Kilmarnock.

Nor can it be said that Mr. McQueen's suicide or the flameout of John Galliano at Dior marked the defeat of runway theatrics and the romance of a few hard-edged English boys.

Battle of Ḥaṭṭīn, (July 4, 1187), battle in northern Palestine that marked the defeat and annihilation of the Christian Crusader armies of Guy de Lusignan, king of Jerusalem (reigned 1186 92), by the Muslim forces of Saladin.

Senator Frank Padavan, a Queens Republican, among those being marked for defeat by the Democrats, said the mayor called him just days ago, after the legislative session in Albany ended.

This was the amendment which was unexpectedly passed, and marked a defeat for the chief whip, Michael Gove, and a victory for the cross-party free pubs campaign, headed by Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland, with Labour support.

Indeed, the open admirer of the US, who wants Ireland to tilt more towards Boston than Brussels, will either savour victory or mark defeat with a luxury still embargoed in his beloved land of the free.

Sunday's defeat marked a fourth trophy final defeat in four years for Northampton, after disappointment in the Heineken Cup in 2011, the LV= Cup in 2012 and the Premiership final last year.

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