croppers

noun

plural of cropper
as in defeats
a falling short of one's goals more than a few people were glad to see the obnoxiously smug skater come a cropper at the national championships

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Recent Examples of croppers More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China. — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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  1. defeats
  2. failures
  3. collapses
Noun
  • Elsewhere, Leipzig bounced back from heavy defeats against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid by crushing Elversberg 4-0.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Mike Macdonald’s squad is coming off back-to-back losses to the Niners and Broncos, their first consecutive defeats since December 2024.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of defeats
Noun
  • The feat concludes a pursuit that began in 2009, when Zhang first experimented with riding a motorcycle on water and overcame early failures to achieve his latest goal.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Neeley said the floodwaters were receding but left mud and silt, much of which has been contaminated with sewage because of failures at waste plants.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of failures
Noun
  • Division 1 contenders Barring late-season collapses or major upsets, the Southern Section Division 1 playoff teams are looking pretty easy to identify.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The balcony of one of the beachfront homes is collapses into the sea.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of collapses

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