croppers

noun

plural of cropper
as in defeats
a falling short of one's goals more than a few people were glad to see the obnoxiously smug skater come a cropper at the national championships

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Recent Examples of croppers More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China. — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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  1. defeats
  2. failures
  3. collapses
Noun
  • Elsewhere, Leipzig bounced back from heavy defeats against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid by crushing Elversberg 4-0.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Mike Macdonald’s squad is coming off back-to-back losses to the Niners and Broncos, their first consecutive defeats since December 2024.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of defeats
Noun
  • Many franchises were jumping from 2D to 3D at the turn of the millennium, and there were plenty of failures — but Metroid wasn’t one of them.
    — Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Accessibility failures thrive in the dark, where no one has to explain how decisions are made, why capacity isn’t anticipated accurately, or what accessibility actually looks like when thousands of disabled people often have to navigate barriers.
    — Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of failures
Noun
  • When the Gators aren’t generating pressure, the back end of the defense collapses, ranking in the bottom third nationally in pass defense.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The county’s staff report warned that the deteriorating pipe could cause more ground collapses, damage nearby property and interfere with stormwater drainage.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of collapses

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