1.   Airlines have lost billions of dollars.

2.   The government lost billions because of a tax loophole.

3.   Also affected by the new changes are state legislatures and governors, whose treasuries stand to lose billions of dollars.

4.   Altogether, analysts said Thursday, U.S. and European institutions have lost billions of dollars as they have had to write off their holdings of Russian debt.

5.   American companies have complained for years that they lose billions of dollars in contracts every year to rivals that bribe their way to success overseas.

6.   And if Social Security recipients were losing billions for several years, the pressure on the recipients of government bailouts would undoubtedly mount.

7.   And they point out that industries benefiting from these changes may lose billions of dollars because of other provisions in the bill.

8.   And those Americans who invested in some mutual funds devoted to Asian markets have lost billions of dollars.

9.   As the Washington watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste points out, the program is losing billions of dollars each year to fraud.

10.   Barings was forced into bankruptcy after a Singapore trader lost billions trading Nikkei stock index futures.