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Example sentences for: victory

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The ruling is seen as a victory for constitutional purists and a political blow to President Clinton, who had hoped to use the threat (if not the reality) of a line-item veto as leverage in budget negotiations with Congress.
Thus, Ralph Olmsted Williams often engaged Hall in the pages of the Dial and of Modern Language Notes; these exchanges Williams published in Some Questions of Good English (1897), recognizing that with such an adversary as Dr. Hall it was difficult to claim victory even when claiming the benefit of the last word.
The reports agree that this a key victory for House Speaker Denny Hastert, who cajoled his fractious and narrow majority--including a cadre of moderates skittish about using so much of the surplus for tax cuts--into supporting the legislation.
You ask if the Celebration's first committed crime was a setback or a victory, and your point is well taken.
As for the victory in Chechnya, it's a mirage.