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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lost (to)
Verb
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During the seventh inning of a San Diego Padres loss, All-Star reliever Jason Adam went down with a non-contact injury.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025 -
Increasingly frustrated by this summer’s tumult, Unai Emery went down for his pre-match hit.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Lost (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lost%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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