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adjective

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verb

past tense of defeat

as in overcame

to achieve a victory over they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs

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In 2022, Hoover defeated sitting legislator Ken Cooley by just 1 percentage point in a race that took days to call. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026 The Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Saturday night in Arlington, followed shortly by the completion of the Houston Astros’ 6-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves in Houston. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026 Dugalic’s teammates with the Mystics, who defeated the Chicago Sky 110-80 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Thursday, were there to celebrate her too. — Russell Lissau, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 In last week's semifinals, Fiji beat Canada and Japan defeated the United States. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 Breakker was on the mend as Femi defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42, won the King of the Ring Tournament and seemingly ended Lesnar’s career at SummerSlam. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 The Tigers already defeated potential CFP challengers UNLV 27-21 on the road. — Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, Arthur Géa (LL) defeated Michael Zheng (WC) 7-6(7), 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The contest in Nevada is a rerun of 2022, when Democrat Cisco Aguilar narrowly defeated Republican Jim Marchant. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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In Brand New Day, Peter resumes his duties as a friendly neighborhood superhero in New York City, but also remains dejected that MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) are moving on with their lives without any memory of his love and friendship.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
The sea of yellow applauding the efforts of the dejected Brazilian players who milled about, seemingly unwilling to accept that a match that took so long to really get going was over so quickly.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

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The Packers also overcame a scary start when wide receiver Jayden Reed and right tackle Zach Bako-Bewele were carted off the field with injuries on consecutive plays on the opening drive.

— CBS New York Team, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
Earlier Sunday, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz overcame Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic 7-5, 6-2 to hand Zverev the opportunity to send Germany to the Final 8 in Bologna, Italy, in November.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of overcame

Adjective

Other than dispirited Red Sox fans still smarting over the ’75 World Series, nobody really hated those Reds.

— Steve Buckley, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
On the Republican side in the Senate race, former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy spent the day knocking on doors in his hometown of Springfield alongside his 10-year-old grandson Charles, urging dispirited conservative voters to turn out Tuesday.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026

Definition of dispirited

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Those awardees — the people who developed and mastered the famous landing capability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket — were announced in April.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Players like Alcaraz, Sinner and Djokovic have mastered the art of using their open-stance backhand to stretch into and out of the corners.

— Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of mastered

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Instead, medical guidelines typically recommend testosterone for men who report symptoms — including low libido and depressed mood — and have two blood tests confirming low levels of the hormone.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Yet her awakening is dampened by her depressed father and cruel stepmother Abby (Rebecca Hall).

— William Earl, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of depressed

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After consolidating their political power throughout Italy, the Romans conquered most of southern and western Europe and the Mediterranean coastal regions, including North Africa.

— Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Now the organization says Pascarella has conquered the globe.

— Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2026

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