upset victory

collocation in English

meaningsofupsetandvictory

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upset
adjective
uk
/ʌpˈset/us
/ʌpˈset/
worried, unhappy, ...
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victory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈvɪk.tər.i/us
/ˈvɪk.tɚ.i/
an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact that you ...
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(Definition ofupsetandvictoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The 20-16upsetvictorysent shock waves throughout the country.
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They stormed back for a 21-17upsetvictory.
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Harding pulled off anupsetvictorywith 51.1 percent, winning by 4,000 votes.
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Any chance of anupsetvictorywas dashed as the spectre of internal revolution and a government oblivious to the peril dominated the public consciousness.
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Kovach won anupsetvictoryand came into office with the 2008 class.
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Flaherty won anupsetvictoryof just over four hundred votes.
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Since then, two matches (resulting in oneupsetvictoryto each team) most strongly define the rivalry between the clubs.
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Biden won the election by 3,162 votes in anupsetvictory.
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Rocco gained international attention by winning anupsetvictoryto his board seat in 2004 with absolutely no campaigning and for being considered an eccentric.
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Mutombo's defensive presence was the key to theupsetvictory; his total of 31 blocks remains a record for a five-game series.
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Brown's moneybomb raised well over $10 million during the final days of the campaign, propelling him to anupsetvictory.
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His strongest bid for the presidential nomination was in 1948, when he won a series of upset victories in early primaries.
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He drove a few events in that series in 2000 and 2001, coming close to upset victories on a couple of occasions.
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