as in disasters
something that has failed
the first movie in the series was good, but all the sequels have been losers
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Recent Examples of losers
Energy stocks were the best performing S&P 500 sector, while the consumer staples, materials, and industrials sectors were the biggest losers.
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Steve Kopack, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
The loss was the latest in a frustrating season for the Rebels, losers of seven games by seven points or less after reaching the Sweet 16 in last season’s NCAA Tournament.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Stocks of airlines, including American Airlines, United and Delta, were some of Monday's biggest losers on Wall Street, and shares of all three slipped about 3% in Tuesday's premarket trading.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Airline stocks remain grounded Airline stocks were the largest losers across the board, with all major Asian and European airlines looking at losses.
—Lim Hui Jie,lee Ying Shan,hugh Leask, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
Stocks of airlines were some of Monday’s sharpest losers.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
The four teams defeated in the quarter-finals face off to determine the two remaining automatic qualification places, with the losers settling for the consolation prize of dropping into FIFA’s inter-confederation play-off spots.
—Michael Bailey, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2026
This is a twisted travelogue of sorts, each chapter devoted to a circle of hell populated by one group of sports gambling’s myriad losers.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Ravu were the losers, with Jessica being the biggest loser of all.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Steve Kopack, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
The loss was the latest in a frustrating season for the Rebels, losers of seven games by seven points or less after reaching the Sweet 16 in last season’s NCAA Tournament.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Stocks of airlines, including American Airlines, United and Delta, were some of Monday's biggest losers on Wall Street, and shares of all three slipped about 3% in Tuesday's premarket trading.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Airline stocks remain grounded Airline stocks were the largest losers across the board, with all major Asian and European airlines looking at losses.
—Lim Hui Jie,lee Ying Shan,hugh Leask, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
Stocks of airlines were some of Monday’s sharpest losers.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
The four teams defeated in the quarter-finals face off to determine the two remaining automatic qualification places, with the losers settling for the consolation prize of dropping into FIFA’s inter-confederation play-off spots.
—Michael Bailey, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2026
This is a twisted travelogue of sorts, each chapter devoted to a circle of hell populated by one group of sports gambling’s myriad losers.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Ravu were the losers, with Jessica being the biggest loser of all.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for losers
Noun
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Oil is lighter than water — that’s why disasters like those caused by the Exxon Valdez tanker and the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig create slicks on the surface.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Priority is given to people living in counties that have been impacted by disasters, and any remaining funds could go to people in other counties.—
Dale Denwalt,
Oklahoman,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The aircraft, which has only 18 moving parts, is full of redundancy to prevent system failures.—
The Los Angeles Times,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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Supervision failures at the jail and deaths that followed those failures have led to a pile of lawsuits.—
Ryan Oehrli
March 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In between those disappointments, though, there was surprisingly good news for Baffert.—
Jay Posner,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Mercury stationing retrograde can bring disappointments that are informative.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Kennedy has made no bones about his misplaced skepticism of mRNA vaccines, pinging off the proliferating conspiracies around the COVID vaccines — incredible innovations that saved countless lives during one of the worst global catastrophes in recent memory.—
The Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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While Scarry’s books present such catastrophes with bright colors and good humor, Gomez undermines this cheer by superimposing on the mural a nearly all-black painting of a desolate tent encampment in front of a home destroyed by the Eaton fire.—
Sharon Mizota,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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