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The Laevinic Defeat Have you ever heard people say that even when you lose, you still win in some ways? A coined term for this is a Laevinic defeat, defined as the antonym of a Pyrrhic victory. An example of a Laevinic defeat would be a team in a seeded sports competition intentionally losing a few games near the end of a season to avoid playing against the top-seeded team for as long as possible to win more playoff games than they would have otherwise. This demonstrates that there is a victory in defeat as the team that had a worse record managed to win more playoff games. Last April, I played on the badminton team here at St. Theresa. While playing in a tournament, I observed my next opponent carefully. I noted that he played with a considerable

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