Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Instead of having the car for three and a half races, however, you're treated to a sort of intro to canyon racing that you can only lose if you stop trying, before your car is totaled.
Source: A Taste of Power - Unsurprisingly, some artists just lose their mojo, their groove or their temper, and stop posting instead.
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Instead, they're reduced to pleading with him to stop when Kira's blood is fresh on their hands and he's got nothing left to lose; yeah, like that's going to work.
Source: Film / The Dark Crystal
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