41.   Their penchant for parlaying confidence-building victories into crushing defeats has finally caught up with them with three games left in the regular season.

42.   There was nothing really new in the latest crushing defeat.

43.   This time, the Congress Party, which was in power in Orissa, suffered a crushing defeat to a state party, the Biju Janata Dal.

44.   This was a crushing defeat, of course, a killer of a loss that left the players sagging in disappointment.

45.   This attempt to overturn current law, which bans such imports, deserves a crushing defeat.

46.   Twenty years ago, his attempt to fulfill that dream polarized the Democratic Party and left Miller with a crushing defeat.

47.   Utah Coach Jerry Sloan wanted any lingering thoughts about the crushing defeat left behind in Houston.

48.   We won or tied more than we lost, and suffered only one crushing defeat, to a group of boys affectionately known as the Argentinian national team.

49.   Whether it was the crushing defeats or the ridicule from fans and the news media, the disenchantment with playing in New York had worn on him.

50.   Year after year, I tasted crushing defeat.