Word: defeate
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...nominations that they had to have a smoking gun in order to pick off a nominee. In Chavez's case, they got the smoking gun. Each one of those three, from a Democratic point of view, is polarizing, partisan and objectionable, but that would not be enough to actually defeat their nomination. They made clear that to defeat a nominee there had to be something in the past to tip it over - a Nannygate, or an objectionable statement or a compromising photograph...
Engineer Coach Dan Fridgen was decidedly less than gracious in defeat...
Tuesday in Annapolis, the Midshipmen sunk the Crimson's New Year's spirit, dealing Harvard a 93-60 defeat...
...next day, Harvard took on the University of Arkansas for the first time since the 1998 NCAA Tournament. The Razorbacks (7-3)--a competitive team in the SEC, the nation's strongest conference--dealt the Crimson an 87-48 defeat and almost limited Harvard to fewer points than turnovers in the first half...
...making land-use decisions, considered alongside Bush's repeated insistence that current land protection policies are too broad, lead many environmentalists to fear Norton could represent the worst-case scenario for America's federal expanses; groups like the Sierra Club are gearing up for a well-funded drive to defeat Norton...