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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I raised a stink about it and got my seat back, but it was a Pyrrhic victory .
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It may prove to be a Pyrrhic victory .
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My only regret is that he didn't turn up at court to watch his Pyrrhic victory .
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The triumph of postmodernism, at least in the west, has been a Pyrrhic victory .
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This was indeed a Pyrrhic victory , because West Indies cricket was assuredly the loser.