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Meanings of great loss in English

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Usage of great loss in English
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And that, it seemed to the ship, was a great loss indeed.
RUNNER
2
But what I do know is that there is a great loss.'
The Guardian
3
Off the record, he talks with great loss and love for Ellie.
The Guardian
4
No doubt we have had a great loss in the Milesian Tales.
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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In the death of Major Engelhard, the State sustained a great loss.
School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time
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He had no great loss, as the procession returned in the dark.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
7
His death in 1863 was a great loss to the Confederate cause.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5
8
I hope he is happy; but I have had a great loss.
Life of Johnson, Volume 4 / 1780-1784
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They dispersed in confusion with great loss, and fled towards the Marne.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte
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The assault being made the assailants were beaten back with great loss.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04
11
At first the Prussians had beaten back the Russians with great loss.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
12
These they captured, to the great loss of the merchants of London.
When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great ...
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The situation was saved, but at a great loss to the defendant.
The House of the Whispering Pines
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He is considered to be a great loss to the Southern cause.
The Bronze Hand / 1897
15
It will be a great loss to me when he goes away.
Andy Grant's Pluck
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It was a great loss to my brother when Mr. Colfax died.
The Wild Olive: A Novel
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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United States of America
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