1.   He quit as Prime Minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections.

2.   The Eighth Army had suffered a crushing defeat.

3.   After their crushing defeat at Bath two weeks ago, Gloucester will be looking to recapture the form they showed earlier in the season against the likes of Leicester.

4.   Meanwhile the dejected opposition leader, John Hewson, reacted to his crushing defeat yesterday by abandoning key policies which he had trumpeted as essential for Australia.

5.   And the Mets were on their way to another crushing defeat.

6.   Another crushing defeat.

7.   As the days go by, and crushing defeats to top clubs like Pittsburgh happen more frequently, eventually the front office will have to overpay for someone.

8.   A deflating loss to North Carolina and a crushing defeat at Minnesota removed any high expectations before the Orangemen played a conference game.

9.   After crushing defeats to preseason favorites New England and Miami, there was no telling which way the young team was going to go.