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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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Noun

Those earlier playoff defeats were entirely deserved, because the salary cap had chipped away at the roster and the Lightning were a lesser team.

— Scott Turick, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
Heavy defeats in key areas would further dilute the ANC’s power.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 8 July 2026

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According to Castillo, one of the most significant failures has been the tendency to treat many squatter complaints as civil disputes rather than criminal investigations.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Spence also appears to be absorbing the blame for broader failures, with Thomas Tuchel’s touchline frustrations obvious and — for a player still establishing himself at this level — that scrutiny is unlikely to help.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 July 2026

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The destruction extended beyond people; pets and stray animals were also buried in several building collapses, with many later pulled from the rubble.

— Pat Mueller, USA Today, 7 July 2026
When petrochemicals, industrial chemicals, aluminum, and helium all become unreliable simultaneously, the math of lean manufacturing collapses.

— Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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