Although they lost, the minority claimed the vote as a 'moral victory' since they had won the support of so many former opponents.
The company won the lawsuit, but it was a 'Pyrrhic victory' because of all the bad publicity they received during the trial.
She was equally gracious 'in victory' and in defeat. [=she was gracious when she won and when she lost]
(..) He's lost it. He's unstable. And he won't be there when you really need him. if I thought there was a slightest chance of victory. But there isn't, this is suicide. If he hadn't been trying so hard to win your approval, - he might still be with us. (..)2016 Warcraft
(..) Laughing skull. Black rock. I just wonder who's left to fight? Lok'tar ogar! (Victory or death!) My child. Please let him go. She begs for you to free her child. But I need him. (..)2016 Warcraft