Meanings of recent defeats in English

Center Marshall Plumlee said the Blue Devils didn't consume themselves with recent defeats.

He knew that in all the recent defeats they had stood on the defensive.

The recent defeats to Manchester City and Liverpool have proved that Leicester are not that.

He says, for instance, that the recent defeats at Everton, Leicester and Wolves cannot be explained by fatigue.

Now, the team has suffered recent defeats in Montpellier and Toulon but visiting Toulouse is an altogether new experience.

Warned by their recent defeats, ministers, on the completion of their financial arrangements of this year made several reductions in the imposts.

Another player blamed the team's problems on loss of confidence because of recent defeats rather than anything to do with the new coach.

Announcing the team today, coach Eddie O'Sullivan stressed Murphy was not demoted for any particular failings in the recent defeats to New Zealand.

The losing provincial finalists can not afford to dwell on the disappointment of their respective recent defeats or they risk a similar outcome.

Leeds occupy it now but they have suffered some surprising recent defeats and, if the season started after Boxing Day, they would be ninth.

He is certainly in top form at present, having followed unlucky recent defeats at Newmarket and York with a clear-cut victory at Leicester last week.

His public utterances in the run up to and the fall out from recent defeats by Turkey and Germany had already tended towards the surreal.

She smiled, and grew more spirited in her talk, rattling away and laughing as she gave exaggerated accounts of the recent defeats of the Tories.

It was crazy. Chippa themselves suffered heavy recent defeats to SuperSport United and Mamelodi Sundowns, but they beat AmaZulu 1-0 in their last game.

Athletics: Recent defeats may have deflected the focus from Ireland's main medal hope, but they haven't undermined his self-belief, he tells Ian O'Riordan.