croppers

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
  • France ended the Seleção’s campaign in the 2006 quarterfinals, the Netherlands did so in 2010, Germany inflicted one of the most infamous defeats in the sport’s history in 2014 – a 7-1 drubbing that had fans crying in the stands – and quarterfinal exits followed again in 2018 and 2022.
    Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • Beginning at Italia ’90, when Team USA was unceremoniously dumped out of its first World Cup with three consecutive defeats, this slice of stars-and-stripes nostalgia then charts the buildup to its first time as host.
    Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Vallejo’s Broadway Project finished years late and massively over budget after contractor failures and internal disputes.
    Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
  • But most of its failures are subtler, more insidious.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 10 June 2026
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  • Blowing leads is becoming a recurring trend for Clark's squad, which has suffered similar collapses against the Washington Mystics and Golden State Valkyries this season.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026
  • Is there a way the Tigers can reconfigure their roster in hopes of avoiding collapses like this season’s (and last season’s) in the future?
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 3 June 2026

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“Croppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croppers. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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