| Sports defeats |
| Defeats, as a bill |
| Indy turns on his car radio to hear "Wild Wild West" band ___, narrowly avoiding being bludgeoned by a nearby motorist ... |
| Chess defeats |
| ___ a bullet (narrowly avoided something unpleasant) |
| Defeats easily |
| Narrowly |
| Headline the day after an internet company narrowly avoids bankruptcy? |
| ___ Defeats Truman" (infamous headline) |
| Stunning defeats |
| Noted ode poet defeats "A Vision" author? |
| 'The Cosby Show' actress defeats a jungle beast? |
| Defeats on the field |
| ___ the floor with (defeats decisively) |
| ___ Defeats Truman" (famous 1948 headline) |
| Barely defeats |
| Narrowly defeats |
| Defeats in chess |
| Puts a tail-end to defeats? |
| Narrowly defeated, with "out |
| ___ Defeats Truman" (11/3/48 Chicago Daily Tribune headline) |
| Defeats, so to speak |
| ___ Defeats Truman |
| Defeats resoundingly |
| Suffers defeats |
| Defeats thoroughly |
| Beats narrowly |
| ___ out a victory (win narrowly) |
| Defeats by a whisker |
| Defeat narrowly |