This time, it started as the favourite and never lost the position.

这一次，它一开始就成为最受欢迎的城市，而且也从来没有失去这个位置。

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That said, it's entirely possible that your friend doesn't need to be job hunting at all -- that is, he is entitled to get back the position he lost.

话说回来，你的朋友完全有可能不必四处奔波求职——也就是说，他有权要回属于自己的工作。

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As a result, it even lost its position at the top of the handset market to Samsung.

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Within a year, Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the architect of the oil price defense, had lost his position.

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He lost the position when he was ousted last year over a scandal with then CEO Brian Dunn.

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