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Meanings of humiliating defeat in English

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Usage of humiliating defeat in English
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LONDON Another day, another humiliating defeat for Theresa May's government on Brexit.
Reuters
2
Your forces suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of a woman.
Song of the Nile
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The insurgent party's victory amounts to a humiliating defeat for David Cameron.
The Guardian
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A humiliating defeat was followed by a mock submission of the conqueror.
The Church and the Empire / Being an Outline of the History of t...
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In 1759 they received a still more complete and humiliating defeat at Minden.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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The government had to adopt the amendment or face humiliating defeat.
The Guardian
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Liverpool claimed revenge for the humiliating defeat at Goodison last season.
The Irish Times
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He spearheaded the party's 2014 general election campaign that also led to humiliating defeat.
Reuters
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The Telegraph reports that "May clings on despite a second humiliating defeat".
The Guardian
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Steve Davis suffered his most humiliating defeat ever at the UK Championships last night.
The Irish Times
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Death would be sweet in comparison to this humiliating defeat.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
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I know you'd like nothing more than to see me suffer another humiliating defeat.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
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If that's a humiliating defeat then I'll have a double.
News.com.au
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Another disagreeable day would have forced her to humiliating defeat.
The Call of the Canyon
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Never had an American troop suffered a more humiliating defeat.
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
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But David Cameron said: This was another humiliating defeat for the authority of Gordon Brown.
The Guardian
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