Sentence examples for spectacular upset from inspiring English sources

But he pulled a spectacular upset when internal feuding split the Democratic Party.

For example, Georgia -- where Republicans scored spectacular upset victories in the 2002 midterm elections -- relies exclusively on Diebold machines.

One presumes that Commissioner David Stern and the network executives will rest easy too, now that the Eastern Conference's most star-studded team has avoided a spectacular upset.

But then, that November, she suffered perhaps the most spectacular upset in a professional fight since Buster Douglas astonished Mike Tyson.

More than 1.5 million fans are expected to turn out for a parade to celebrate the Pistons, who pulled off the most spectacular upset in N.B.A. history Tuesday night.

As party leader, he oversaw two presidential defeats on the trot: in 2002 Lionel Jospin failed even to make it into the second-round run-off; five years later, Ségolène Royal, his own partner at the time, was trounced by Nicolas Sarkozy.Now, however, barring a spectacular upset, Mr Hollande looks set to become president himself.

If you get hurt, you get hurt.' " Opening Sunday had its usual number of spectacular plays, upsets and emotional story lines.

The Inbetweeners 2 Channel 4, DVD & Blu-ray Barring a spectacular 11th-hour upset, The Inbetweeners 2 will go down as 2014's biggest theatrical opening at the UK box office, beating a number of films made on budgets 50 times the size.

Tony Abbott, leader of the conservative Liberal Party — one of two major parties in Australian politics — was kicked out in spectacular semblance to leadership upsets faced by two of his former opposition counterparts, former Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd in 2010 and Julia Gillard in 2013.

It took a spectacular 94th-minute free-kick to upset Crewe last weekend at Aldershot, but they bounced back with a midweek win at home to Bradford and remain in the running for an automatic League Two promotion berth.

UConn maintained the lead until Napier made his return, making a spectacular layup that all but cemented the Huskies' upset win over Villanova.