1、That was regarded as an Iranian defeat by Iraq.

2、What they cannot defeat by reason and argument they obstruct by delay and legalistic guile.

3、The mountain remains unmoved at its seeming defeat by the mist.

4、The century ended with his final struggle and defeat by an industrial society.

5、Helen gained some compensation for her earlier defeat by winning the final open class.

6、When facing a new situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst.

7、After a defeat by Scotland in1977 the visiting tartan army of fans invaded the pitch infamously breaking the goalposts.

8、Australia's hopes of reaching the knocking-out stages were badly dented after June 14's 4-0 defeat by Germany.

9、They are trying to hide their defeat by taking revenge on the innocent people of Afghanistan, he said.

10、Having arrived Down Under with nothing but victory on their mind, Germany gained some consolation for their semi-final defeat by clinching bronze.

11、The Ivorian returned from over a month out injured only to sustain a groin injury in the defeat by Liverpool last weekend.

12、When on 23 October Manchester United suffered a shocking defeat by Manchester City (6-1) I found something terribly wrong with the headline.

13、Leicester's Neil Back is in hot water for shoving referee to floor after his side's controversial 16-15 defeat by Bath at Twickenham.

14、David Beckham and Wayne Rooney squared up to each other in the England dressing room at half-time in last week's1-0 defeat by Northern Ireland.

15、Barcelona striker Ronaldinho is still tormented by the Champions League defeat by Chelsea a year ago and is determined to get his revenge when the big guns meet this week.

16、For those who still harbored hopes that the Chinese team would somehow miraculously qualify for the next round, the defeat by the Koreans in Shanghai, not totally unexpectedly, was the last straw.

17、Villain: Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo (R) was sent off after stamping on Arjen Robben in the 73rd minute of the 2-1 defeat by Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

18、The memoirs were written in exile between 1817 and 1820 on St Helena, where Napoleon was sent after his defeat by allied forces at the battle of Waterloo in June 1815.

19、Other European countries and Japan subsequently demanded concessions from China, particularly after Germany, France and Russia rescued China from the worst consequences of its defeat by Japan in 1895.

20、But defeat by Wigan was their sixth in seven league matches, leaving them six points adrift at the bottom, and the club's hierarchy felt that it was time for a change.

21、China had been hoping to squeeze into the last 16 by beating Costa Rica, losing to Brazil and drawing with Turkey, but their opening defeat by the Costa Ricans followed by a 4-0 loss to Brazil on Saturday shattered those hopes.