Butler lost by just two points to Duke, which for years has had one of the country's most successful basketball programs.

VOA: special.2010.04.10

They are a black man named Joe Christmas, and a former minister,John Hightower, who has lost his belief in God.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

Fort Hood is a huge base that has lost more than five hundred soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

The United States has lost more than three and a half million jobs since the recession began more than a year ago.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

The Global Heritage Fund says over seventy percent of the environment in this area has been lost in the past ten years.

VOA: special.2010.11.03

Nader Al-Khateeb, the Palestinian director of the group, says the Jordan has lost freshwater sources.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Many critics say Weezer has lost all connection to the alternative band it once was.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

The victim has lost color in the face and does not appear to be breathing.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

He said Ted Kennedy has gone home to join the loved ones he had lost.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Southern California has lost ninety percent of its watery forests since the nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Newspapers have lost millions of readers as a new generation has grown up.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

Burma,also known as Myanmar, has lost many valuable mangrove trees in recent years.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Also,my father has never lost his shirt in a business deal.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

His or her skin has lost color.

VOA: special.2009.08.11