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A moral victory occurs when a person, team, army or other group loses a confrontation, and yet achieves some other moral gain. This gain might be unrelated...

holds against overwhelming odds List of military disasters Moral victory – Loss with some moral gain Mutual assured destruction – Doctrine of military strategy...

The fighting at Bazeilles was celebrated by the French nation as a moral victory amidst an otherwise catastrophic defeat. The Last Cartridges, an 1897...

in spite of losing most of his Sikhs in this attack, he had won a moral victory over the Emperor who had broken his vows to Allah. He also states that...

force and particularly in Republican presidential victories throughout the 1980s. The origins of the Moral Majority can be traced to 1976 when Baptist minister...

Salamis. Though a tactical defeat, Thermopylae served as a strategic and moral victory, inspiring the Greek forces to defeat the Persians at the Battle of...

"Review of Matthew Dickerson. 'Following Gandalf. Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings'", Journal of Religion & Society, 6, ISSN 1522-5658...

French Fifth Army from being outflanked. The battle was an important moral victory for the British; as their first battle on the continent since the Crimean...

A moral panic is a widespread feeling of fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society...

People, February 26, 1979. Story, Rob. "Dropping In: John Denver's Moral Victory". Ski Magazine. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved...

the match in said position, ending in a draw. Still, it was seen as a moral victory for Gracie not to have been finished by the larger Wladek. The wrestler...

September 2002). Hartley, Matt (20 March 2008). "Grain Farmer Claims Moral Victory in Seed Battle Against Monsanto". Globe and Mail. Archived from the...

with Creed), Rocky was unconcerned with the outcome and celebrates his moral victory with Tony, Paulie and his son before leaving the ring. Though Tony is...

both armies and ends in a standoff. The Russians, however, have won a moral victory by standing up to Napoleon's reputedly invincible army. The Russian...

props were not allowed during the debate. The Hill wrote Walker won a "moral victory by avoiding disaster" and "more than avoided embarrassment." In a mid-November...

slightly below Johnson's 49.4 percent. Observers hailed the outcome as a "moral victory" for McCarthy. Senator Robert Kennedy of New York cited it as an inspiration...

a Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG estate; McGuinness claimed that he scored a moral victory due to the hearse's cheap price. Next, they went to Walters Arena for...

18 April 2020. Hartley, Matt (20 March 2008). "Grain Farmer Claims Moral Victory in Seed Battle Against Monsanto". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 30 August...

300 votes, but the Republicans won a statewide majority and claimed a moral victory. Even before McKinley completed his term in Congress, he met with a...

challenging them, but Hinton doesn't back down, feeling a sense of moral victory as he does, and the jocks depart. Hinton, Dewey, and Junior finally...