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b. *The Minotaur seems defeated by Theseus.
Now many of the yards have grimy "For Sale" signs, and the neighborhood seems defeated, as if having ceded the battle for gracious living to the suburbs.
Normally it involves all of the characters, and occurs near the end of the story (except if the plot is non-linear, by which case it can occur nearly anywhere, even in the first few lines) and is a moment in which the protagonist seems defeated, and suffers an almost miraculous recovery.
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But just as the contest is ending, and the Warriors seem defeated, a high-ranking NASA official (Danny Glover) turns to the young brainiacs for help solving a crisis aboard the International Space Station.
"He seemed defeated and I was terrified for him," he wrote.
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