sore loser
noun
: a person who becomes very upset or angry when he or she loses a game, contest, etc.
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The Apprentice premieres in competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the same year its real-life sore loser faces legal battles on a multitude of fronts, comes face-to-face with the specter of yet another bankruptcy, and vies for the presidency after maybe allegedly inciting insurrection.
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
Most of us will not vote for the sore loser this November.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
During the race, Baker came off as too conservative and a sore loser, said Erin O’Brien, an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.
—Steve Leblanc, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2023
Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
Most of us will not vote for the sore loser this November.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
During the race, Baker came off as too conservative and a sore loser, said Erin O’Brien, an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.
—Steve Leblanc, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2023
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“Sore loser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sore%20loser. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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