1.   A porous run defense and ill-timed turnovers continue to spell defeat, no matter whom you play.

2.   However, that did not spell defeat for the plan.

3.   Sometimes, an unfavorable cut of meat can spell defeat.

4.   Still, the two runs spelled defeat for New York.

5.   Usually that spells defeat for Chicago.

6.   But the margin is so thin that only a relative handful of defections came spell defeat on a vote.

7.   Few expect the Taliban to go down without a major fight in Kabul, whose loss, unlike Mazar-e-Sharif, would spell defeat.

8.   Months of political violence last year led to early elections that spelled defeat for Berisha and forced his resignation as president.

9.   That ruling was upheld today -- spelling defeat for three separate groups of state employees.

10.   The poll could spell the defeat of incumbent Miguel Trovoada who has been in power in the Gulf of Guinea country off the west African coast for five years.