DEFEAT


Meaning of DEFEAT in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a defeated army

The survivors of his defeated army settled in Provence.

a devastating defeat

The party suffered a devastating defeat in the local election.

a run of defeats/victories etc

His extraordinary run of successes has been stopped.

admission of guilt/defeat/failure etc

Silence is often interpreted as an admission of guilt.

an election victory/defeat

He became prime minister after a decisive election victory.

be doomed to failure/defeat/extinction etc

Many species are doomed to extinction.

conceded defeat

In May 1949, Stalin conceded defeat and reopened land access to Berlin.

crashed to...defeat

Liverpool crashed to their worst defeat of the season.

crushing defeat

The Eighth Army had suffered a crushing defeat .

decisive victory/result/defeat etc

defeat an opponent

She came within three points of defeating her opponent.

defeat the enemy

We will never defeat our enemies unless we stop fighting each other.

heavy defeat

England’s heavy defeat in yesterday’s match

humiliating defeat

a humiliating defeat

ignominious defeat/failure/retreat etc

motion...defeated

The motion was defeated by 201 votes to 159.

risk defeat/death etc

He would prefer not to risk another embarrassing defeat.

Some people are prepared to risk imprisonment for what they believe.

suffer a defeat

The team has now suffered five successive defeats.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

consecutive

Swindon have suffered three consecutive defeats .

The Dukes are coming off a 73-69 loss to La Salle Monday, their fifth consecutive defeat .

crushing

Formby suffered a crushing 10 wicket defeat at home to local rivals Southport.

electoral

Members of congress increasingly came to believe that they could insulate themselves against electoral defeat by assiduous attention to constituency casework.

Carter suffered the worse electoral defeat of any incumbent President ever, including Herbert Hoover in 1932.

final

He assailed other reactionary regimes sanctified by Napoleon's final defeat , prior to which he toured the Continent.

They could delay, but not prevent, the final defeat .

Sometimes you have to fail to become a winner and we did with League Cup final defeats to Leeds and Swindon.

He wanted to weep at this final defeat , but he was too tired for that.

heavy

Tranmere Rovers went nap in front of their biggest gate of the season to inflict a heavy defeat on promotion chasing West Ham.

The Bears have had two of their scheduled fixtures washed out and suffered a heavy defeat at Edinburgh.

That junior may have to pay for the victory with a heavy defeat in the future.

After his party's heavy defeat in the subsequent general election, Ellis stayed on as chief whip.

Treloar defeated Hammer in an earlier round and, in the final, they inflicted a heavy 184-87 defeat on Eagles.

humiliating

But they knew that it was a humiliating defeat .

Politicians did not relish a repeat performance of the humiliating defeat they had suffered over the suspension and repeal of the acts.

It's always a good laugh watching him getting increasingly irritated with the interviewer after a humiliating defeat .

It was a humiliating defeat for Callaghan.

The referendum was a humiliating defeat for the unpopular Mr Khasbulatov.

But a humiliating defeat at Bradford last Sunday had the Leeds fans spitting fury in radio phone-ins.

The next levy proposed by Wolsey met with an even more humiliating defeat .

The vicious personal attack on him by Ernets Bevin and his humiliating defeat made it impossible for him to remain as leader.

military

The military defeat of Taylor appeared increasingly to be the only option for an end to the conflict.

And even when revolution or military defeat should have opened eyes, distorted versions of reality survive.

The new municipal councils worked only where troops were stationed and with military defeat the system collapsed.

narrow

His inexcusable public blame of goalkeeper Eachus for the narrow defeat against Nicosia, when interviewed for television on arrival at Aldergrove.

Old Parkonians suffered the narrowest of defeats against Tattenhall in the third round of the Cheshire Cup yesterday.

successive

They suffered three successive defeats and it seemed their little party at the top was over.

Three successive defeats , the latest at Stirling, mean Hawick's worst League start.

The Gills were staring at a second successive defeat in the final with just seven minutes of extra time remaining.

They hit a good League run after the Cup knock-out, before two successive defeats checked their progress.

Bears have suffered five successive defeats , including a 47-43 home defeat by Peterborough last week.

Arsenal's second successive league defeat left them eight points behind the leaders and with a considerably inferior goal difference.

This was Wimbledon's eighth successive league defeat .

Darren Bazeley scored the Watford goals for Blackburn's fourth successive defeat .

■ NOUN

cup

New Zealand have already suffered one World Cup defeat .

As for Oxford in the next round - a chance to avenge that awful 4-1 League cup defeat from a few years back once and for all.

election

It directly contributed to our election defeat .

Labour's election defeat has produced two contradictory responses, writes Bryan Gould.

V Out of office for the first time since 1951, the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat .

In the 60s and 70s the announcement would have been the start of the slippery slope to election defeat .

The Labour party showed little sign of recovering from its election defeat in 1979.

The likely shape of the leadership contest emerged yesterday as Labour began an inquest on its election defeat .

The man with the most to make from Major's election defeat .

home

Newcastle ace Dyer aggravated a long-standing shin problem in Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Manchester City.

But Penn State won that game, and two weeks later Wisconsin handed Michigan its third home defeat .

The Cowboys handed the Denver Broncos their first home defeat of the season in a 31-27 thriller.

Bears have suffered five successive defeats , including a 47-43 home defeat by Peterborough last week.

At the County Ground, Derby inflicted Swindon's first home defeat of the season.

Prestatyn saw their title ambitions mauled by a bleak home defeat at the hands of St Asaph.

His astonishing attack followed Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by Oxford United.

Pool need to avenge their home defeat to check an alarming slide down the Third Division.

league

Last week the Cherry and Whites suffered their heaviest ever league defeat .

It was Milan's first league defeat since they lost 2-1 at Bari on 19 May, 1991.

Only one league defeat and only seven goals conceded by a mean defence gave Ipswich the crown.

Arsenal's second successive league defeat left them eight points behind the leaders and with a considerably inferior goal difference.

Peacock's strike condemned United to their first League defeat since March.

Given their league defeat at Rotherham the previous week, it represented as good a day as Saracens could have wished for.

This was Wimbledon's eighth successive league defeat .

■ VERB

accept

Hearts tried to muster a response but looked like a side that had already accepted defeat .

This was also carried on a division; the Government accepted their defeat and did not seek to reverse the decision.

He went to work on the President, telling him that to retreat now would be to accept humiliating defeat .

The two wings of authority had accepted defeat and then joined the workforce at the windows.

Not one to accept defeat so easily, she sent her son joe to the place where such records are kept.

He accepted disappointment and defeat with dignity.

Ulysses S.. Grant, also want Broussard to help them bring down those unwilling to accept defeat .

admit

He had already summed her up as some one who hated to admit defeat .

After half an hour she had to admit defeat .

Leafy and Obey stayed away for close to an hour, returning at last after midnight to admit defeat .

The Novartis team put up a valiant fight, but admit defeat .

To leave was to admit defeat in this peculiar ritual of making myself known.

He came wandering towards me, obviously having admitted defeat , and I fell in beside him, companionably in step.

He loathed the boot and complained about it constantly, but he wouldn't admit defeat .

avenge

Pool need to avenge their home defeat to check an alarming slide down the Third Division.

Half a century later he has finally avenged that defeat .

In the last 16 matches tomorrow Duffy plays Dale and will be going out to avenge that defeat over fellow Ulsterman Sharpe.

avoid

Ipswich v Sunderland Ipswich will put together their best run for five years if they avoid defeat against Sunderland.

They would probably have avoided defeat .

Jonathan Speelman must avoid defeat in his seventh game against Jan Timman to stay in the match.

concede

That would be to concede total defeat .

But scientists always say that: Advocates never concede defeat .

I get the impression that the Tories have already conceded defeat .

Swearing-in of new President On Nov. 1 Kaunda conceded defeat after about a third of the results had been publicly declared.

Whoever won would then gracefully concede defeat and accept the winners' roster.

The opposition, alleging fraud, had refused to concede defeat in Guanajuato.

Tyminski declined to concede defeat immediately and claimed that people had been intimidated into voting for Walesa.

crash

Eastwood's try four minutes later sent Leeds crashing to their sixth defeat in nine matches.

crush

There were similar warnings in the 1980s after a crushing defeat for the separatists in the1980 referendum.

end

A horrible series of futile uprisings against impossible odds and always ending in butchery and defeat for the rebels.

First, Athens lost Boiotia in a rising which ended in an Athenian defeat at Coronea.

Rebellions have never succeeded in Ireland; always they have ended in butchery and defeat .

face

No, he was not ready yet to face the defeat .

I stopped and slumped dazedly back on my heels, facing utter defeat .

Barak facing defeat Mr Barak used to argue that his peace policy was a political winner, whatever happened.

Nothing went right for Hallett during his fifth round match, and at 7-1 down, he is facing almost certain defeat .

He said that when the Government realised it faced defeat on amendment 27 it had produced a second legal opinion.

follow

Bruno Giorgi quit as manager of struggling Genoa following their 3-2 home defeat by Cagliari.

Forwards will be axed with a return to a packed midfield following the home defeat by Watford.

This was soon followed by a further defeat for the conservative faction in the Theological Commission.

help

Irate residents helped defeat each proposal.

Residents there helped defeat a plan in the early 1980s for an off- road park in nearby Sycamore Canyon.

humiliate

He went to work on the President, telling him that to retreat now would be to accept humiliating defeat .

inflict

Tranmere Rovers went nap in front of their biggest gate of the season to inflict a heavy defeat on promotion chasing West Ham.

You are going to inflict such a defeat on the enemy that he will never recover.

mark

The anniversary of his coronation seemed destined to be marked by ignominious defeat .

suffer

The Chieftains rarely enjoy their trips to South London, where they suffered their heaviest defeat of the season 16-3 in December.

On 2 March, they suffered their worst defeat of the war outside of Sai-gon.

The 19-year-old from Inverurie has won seven world ranking titles and suffered only four defeats in the past ten months.

Maybe after suffering such a defeat , they would give up.

New Zealand have already suffered one World Cup defeat .

Constitutional discussions Walesa suffered two defeats in the Sejm during December.

Otago did manage to beat Auckland and Carisbrook in 1985, but suffered some solid defeats in later years.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

admit defeat

Haskill refuses to admit defeat and sell the restaurant.

After half an hour she had to admit defeat.

He came wandering towards me, obviously having admitted defeat, and I fell in beside him, companionably in step.

He had already summed her up as some one who hated to admit defeat.

He loathed the boot and complained about it constantly, but he wouldn't admit defeat.

Leafy and Obey stayed away for close to an hour, returning at last after midnight to admit defeat.

The Novartis team put up a valiant fight, but admit defeat.

To leave was to admit defeat in this peculiar ritual of making myself known.

emphatic win/victory/defeat

But Warrington achieved an emphatic win over Widnes with a highly disciplined performance.

Cardiff recorded two emphatic victories in 24 hours, winning 9-2 against Whitley Warriors and 13-2 at Billingham.

It was an emphatic win and a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes.

narrow victory/defeat/majority/margin etc

Adjust the starting point so that you avoid a very narrow margin at the perimeter.

Crowds gathered in central Lima last Sunday night to cheer his narrow victory over former president Alan Garcia.

John F.. Kennedy that helped propel the handsome young Massachusetts Democrat to a narrow victory.

On election night, however, the team squeaked out a narrow victory.

Surprise! the seventh firm won the tender by a narrow margin.

Their relatively late arrival in the quarter coupled with their costs and the narrow margins on the surprise Model 20 impacted earnings.

Was Buzz Calkins' narrow victory over Tony Stewart enough to keep them interested?

While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.

resounding success/victory/defeat etc

At $ 3. 99, a weekday all-you-can-eat lunch buffet proved a resounding success.

His foray into biography is also a resounding success.

It was his most resounding defeat in terms of lengths.

On the one hand, so many victories; on the other, resounding defeat at Trafalgar in 1805.

On the other hand, others have described the issue as a resounding success as all the shares were sold.

That resounding success, moreover, was followed by others.

The organisers claimed the conference was a resounding success.

The outcome - a resounding victory for the home team, not that they appeared particularly surprised.

soundly defeated/beaten/thrashed

In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated.

Synthonia are now the only side without a win after they were soundly beaten at Blackhall.

The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.

They were led by a fanatical chieftain named Yusuf and Alfonso was soundly defeated at the battle of Sagrajas.

When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated.

the jaws of death/defeat/despair etc

The shocked priority of examining herself after escaping, literally, from the jaws of death, wore off.

wallow in self-pity/despair/defeat etc

Ego takes great pleasure in wallowing in self-pity, and defending itself against all charges, whatever the cost to others.

Look at the criticism for any opportunity to learn from it and to change, without wallowing in self-pity.

What hope can they have, if they see you slumping about like a filleted herring, wallowing in self-pity?

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

After his third successive election defeat he decided to retire from politics.

an election defeat

In the last game of the season they suffered a humiliating defeat , losing 7-0 to Real Madrid.

It was the Christian Democratic Party's fourth successive electoral defeat .

Mr Taylor blamed bad publicity for his defeat by Mr Jones.

Scotland's defeat of Spain

She retired from the sport after suffering a series of humiliating defeats.

the defeat of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo

The captain offered no excuses for his team's humiliating defeat .

The New York Times described the withdrawal of troops as a resounding defeat for the government.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A strike is a defeat - a defeat for all.

But they knew that it was a humiliating defeat .

In previous decades this would signify certain defeat for the revolution.

Once broken through, the door was not closed again until the defeat of the Huns at Chalons-sur-Marne in 451.

Religious grumbles continued, but the Government's only serious defeat was over equal pay for women teachers.

The Bob Jones issue was one of the keys to Bush's equally stunning defeat in Michigan only three days later.

They came back from the defeat in Texas to take the next four games.

They would wipe out the shame of their ignominious defeat !

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

easily

Five years later, Saints easily defeated a Wigan side depleted by the suspension of hooker Colin Clarke.

As the book opens, his latest target is an Atlanta office building, whose security the Wind Minstrel easily defeats .

Al-Fatah won all nine seats in the chamber, easily defeating Hamas candidates.

Death, however, is not so easily defeated .

Although the right to strike had been established, some of the judges were not to be so easily defeated .

The Examiner survey showed Clinton would easily defeat any of the top Republican challengers if the election were held today.

finally

Soon afterwards the Bolsheviks retook Ekaterinberg and the Whites were finally defeated .

They were finally defeated in a lightning raid on Grozny by Chechen fighters last August.

They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived.

narrowly

A motion on the opening day to put the work of the government to a vote of no confidence was narrowly defeated .

Although they spent only $ 160,600 on their campaign, they narrowly defeated the proposition 51-49 percent.

Our team was narrowly defeated in this year's area final.

The housing project, which had been approved by the town council, was narrowly defeated by public vote.

Auroux narrowly defeated the rival candidate, Henri Emmanuelli, by 113 votes to 109.

Wilder narrowly defeated his Republican opponent in November 1989, his 6,700-vote victory being confirmed only after a recount.

Mrs Field's amendment was narrowly defeated by votes to 21.

soundly

The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.

In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated .

When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated .

■ NOUN

amendment

The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge.

Lawmakers passed the bill after defeating two amendments that would have gutted it.

army

Fear is one of the Dark Lord's most powerful weapons yet some of his army are defeated by it.

With the last of the Kislevite armies defeated , the Chaos hordes advanced upon Praag and laid siege to the city.

He had his revenge in March 1322, when he was among the royalist army which defeated Lancaster at Boroughbridge.

A Bretonnian army is defeated by Morglum Necksnapper.

Empire armies were met and defeated .

There was none, and the Red Army was defeated at the gates of Warsaw.

battle

After over a decade of fighting, Basil defeated Samuilo at the battle of Kleidon in 1014.

He is finally met and defeated at the Battle of Osterwald.

About the same time he defeated the Picts in battle .

This will divert forests from disputed uplands where foresters are frequently held up or defeated in long battles with environment groups.

This host defeated the Avars in battle and stormed their camps.

Richard defeated them in a battle between St Maigrin and Bouteville towards the end of May.

bill

The House of Lords defeated the first bill last month.

Moderate Assembly Republicans broke ranks with conservative members to defeat a GOP-sponsored bill that would have returned corporal punishment to the classroom.

After furious debate, the legislature defeated the bill .

candidate

Hitherto defacto president in his capacity as Supreme Soviet Chair, he defeated one other candidate .

There is no private law firm where the defeated candidates can retire.

Auroux narrowly defeated the rival candidate , Henri Emmanuelli, by 113 votes to 109.

Phil Gramm is well-positioned to defeat whichever candidate the Democrats choose to throw at him in November.

Al-Fatah won all nine seats in the chamber, easily defeating Hamas candidates .

In that race, the canvassing board determined that John Hoff defeated write-in candidate Lowell Stevens 265 to 259.

Ivashko defeated three other candidates , polling 278 votes for and 61 against.

But donations to help elect or defeat political candidates have been denied such a subsidy since 1954.

chance

No one suggested that there was an alternative candidate who had a better chance of defeating Heseltine.

Four years ago, Clinton produced an act of symbolism that greatly improved his chances of defeating George Bush.

election

Modern science Two of the fundamentalist board members were defeated in state elections last autumn.

I would like to fight against Milosevic and defeat him in democratic elections .

enemy

The re-enactment with a water bottle celebrated the goal that defeated the auld enemy .

They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived.

The less energy spent in defending, the more strength remains to attack and defeat the enemy .

El Cid upholds his honour and that of his King by defeating an enemy champion in single combat.

government

But when there are advantages from vertical integration, as in aluminium, the multinationals can defeat government policy.

Since the Conservatives took power in 1979, the Lords have defeated the government 179 times.

If the Tory Euro-rebels had defeated the Government the whole treaty would have collapsed.

motion

Eloquence alone was sufficient to defeat the motion .

I do not know if Nico is looking for more time, or trying to defeat the motion .

He remains Prime Minister until he chooses to resign or is defeated on a confidence motion in the House.

Earlier yesterday the government had defeated an opposition censure motion in the lower house of parliament.

object

Water quality would not be improved because of the extra load on the system, which defeats the object .

Hollows attract water, which obviously defeats the object of the exercise: to create a waterproof hat.

Such a procedure, of course, defeats the object of classification.

Mere preservation, however, can lead eventually to decay and thus defeats its object .

This defeats the object of the exercise.

opponent

Wilder narrowly defeated his Republican opponent in November 1989, his 6,700-vote victory being confirmed only after a recount.

Dole survived with a tactic that haunts him to this day: He used the abortion issue to defeat his opponent .

In their first test at the polls as premiers, they were both defeated by conservative opponents .

Both his interventions greatly aided Bill Clinton in defeating his Republican opponents .

She was almost certain to defeat her Republican opponent Maurice Turner, a former police chief, in the November election.

It has leveled the electoral playing field and allowed less well-funded candidates to defeat their better-financed opponents .

party

The liberals had been defeated and the Unionist Party was once again being led by traditional unionists.

If Peres and Labor are defeated , the Likud Party has vowed to put the brakes on the peace movement.

You were depicted laughing at Mr Edward Heath whom you have defeated at the party leadership elections.

proposal

There are a variety of ways of defeating a proposal other than directly speaking against it.

It is that that defeated our Tariff Reform proposal - that and that alone.

purpose

Detailed guidelines defeat the very purpose of guidelines. which is to allow considerable local flexibility and adjustment.

This, of course, defeats the purpose for which the medication is being given.

Inconsistent State practice would only defeat the entire purpose of the convention for a stable regime.

They are defeating the purpose of the Peace Corps and they are unhappy.

Running around in circles and seeing the same old thing defeats half the purpose .

This obviously defeated the purpose of bail, which is to assure that the defendant will appear in court.

But Max's kindness and good manners defeated my purpose totally.

If they become a chore, they defeat the purpose of helping the child to want to interact with you.

team

Our team was narrowly defeated in this year's area final.

Diane Mynors saved us from oblivion by playing in the Oxford Women's first eleven cricket team which defeated Cambridge.

vote

A composite motion demanding the straight forward abolition of the block vote was defeated on a show of hands.

Officials said yesterday Mr Sobyanin had won 51.3 per cent of the vote , defeating the incumbent governor, Leonid Rodetsky.

■ VERB

help

They can also help one another to defeat an attack by rival male baboons that are attempting to take over their shared females.

Ginny DelVecchio talks about her life in the hopes it will help defeat the disease.

But donations to help elect or defeat political candidates have been denied such a subsidy since 1954.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

defeat the purpose

Doesn't this defeat the purpose of producing fruit in the first place?

If they become a chore, they defeat the purpose of helping the child to want to interact with you.

Never remove them and forget to put them back, it defeats the purpose .

They are defeating the purpose of the Peace Corps and they are unhappy.

This also eliminates the need to scroll to find data, which would defeat the purpose of having a command centre.

This anxiety will cause tension which defeats the purpose of the exercise.

This obviously defeated the purpose of bail, which is to assure that the defendant will appear in court.

This, of course, defeats the purpose for which the medication is being given.

emphatic win/victory/defeat

But Warrington achieved an emphatic win over Widnes with a highly disciplined performance.

Cardiff recorded two emphatic victories in 24 hours, winning 9-2 against Whitley Warriors and 13-2 at Billingham.

It was an emphatic win and a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes.

narrow victory/defeat/majority/margin etc

Adjust the starting point so that you avoid a very narrow margin at the perimeter.

Crowds gathered in central Lima last Sunday night to cheer his narrow victory over former president Alan Garcia.

John F.. Kennedy that helped propel the handsome young Massachusetts Democrat to a narrow victory.

On election night, however, the team squeaked out a narrow victory.

Surprise! the seventh firm won the tender by a narrow margin.

Their relatively late arrival in the quarter coupled with their costs and the narrow margins on the surprise Model 20 impacted earnings.

Was Buzz Calkins' narrow victory over Tony Stewart enough to keep them interested?

While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.

resounding success/victory/defeat etc

At $ 3. 99, a weekday all-you-can-eat lunch buffet proved a resounding success.

His foray into biography is also a resounding success.

It was his most resounding defeat in terms of lengths.

On the one hand, so many victories; on the other, resounding defeat at Trafalgar in 1805.

On the other hand, others have described the issue as a resounding success as all the shares were sold.

That resounding success, moreover, was followed by others.

The organisers claimed the conference was a resounding success.

The outcome - a resounding victory for the home team, not that they appeared particularly surprised.

soundly defeated/beaten/thrashed

In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated.

Synthonia are now the only side without a win after they were soundly beaten at Blackhall.

The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.

They were led by a fanatical chieftain named Yusuf and Alfonso was soundly defeated at the battle of Sagrajas.

When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated.

the jaws of death/defeat/despair etc

The shocked priority of examining herself after escaping, literally, from the jaws of death, wore off.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

For the sixth consecutive year, Oxford defeated Cambridge today in the annual boat race.

In 1692, de Tourville's fleet was defeated near the coast of Cherbourg.

It was a lack of money, not effort, that defeated their plan.

Normally my hearing loss isn't a problem, but the telephone defeats me.

Polk of California was defeated by a Democratic challenger in the last election.

Sanchez defeated Dornan by just 984 votes.

The army was well-trained and well-armed, and had little difficulty defeating the rebels.

The Republicans were heavily defeated in the Spanish Civil War.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Eloquence alone was sufficient to defeat the motion.

That would enable the Harijans to nominate their bravest, most outspoken champions, and the Hindus could never defeat them.

They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived.

Though he had defeated heavyweight champion Sonny Liston and defended his title nine times, Ali never had a dramatic constituency before.

When Jefferson defeated Adams for the presidency, Adams left town before the inauguration rather than shake hands with him.

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