11.   For the UAW, it was another bitter defeat.

12.   However, last session, the gourmands of the Hill tasted bitter defeat as both the House and Senate passed new restrictions on gifts.

13.   Instead, the union was dealt a bitter defeat on Wednesday in a battle it had expected to win, or at least closely contest.

14.   It has been an especially bitter defeat.

15.   It was a sweet enough spring day, but Roland Garros germinated a pair of bitter defeats.

16.   It was a bitter defeat for the Russians, who thought they had this one wrapped up even though Woetzel and Steuer had been beating them all year.

17.   It was another bitter defeat for the Mets.

18.   It was still a bitter defeat.

19.   It suffered its most bitter defeat last year, when it lost a vote by parents to manage five schools in New York City.