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Oliveira wins, a unanimous decision, but Chandler is triumphant in defeat.
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
There are valuable lessons to be learned even in defeat.
—Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Jimmy Carter ended his one-term presidency in defeat.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Sims may have played himself back into the rotation, albeit in defeat, on Monday.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
There are valuable lessons to be learned even in defeat.
—Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Jimmy Carter ended his one-term presidency in defeat.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Sims may have played himself back into the rotation, albeit in defeat, on Monday.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
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“In defeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20defeat. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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