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About 30,000 saw South Korea beat Japan 1-0 to clinch men's football gold, although the occasion was tarnished somewhat when the South Korean flag failed to go up in the victory ceremony.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The same could be said for the moment that Wakefield Trinity got their hands on the Super League trophy when they beat Warrington Wolves 23-10 in Saturday's Grand Final.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Kiké Hernández, the Dodgers’ Mr. October, says L.A. is the team to beat in the MLB playoffs, but stresses the importance of “taking care of business.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Notice that over both the five- and seven-year periods the S&P 500 beat all three ETFs, and it beat two of the three ETFs over each of the one- and three-year periods.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Chase doubted that the morning news was Richard Krupp’s regular beat.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

It also overestimated diastolic blood pressure, the bottom number, or the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats, by 4.0 mmHg.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Advisers have said Anthropic could have a fundraising advantage if it beats OpenAI to the public markets and that OpenAI’s altered timeline likely removed some urgency from Anthropic’s IPO plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

For one, it was a blast of cold coffee to the face to realize that what qualifies as a career-derailing flop in 2006 meets or beats the quality of most made-for-Netflix features.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

The album is loaded with Anthrax trademarks — serrated, crunchy riffs, soaring lead vocals, bludgeoning beats, and scorching guitar — but there are also galactic noise effects, angular song structures and atypical chord configurations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Decide whether the music has 2, 3, or 4 beats per measure.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

The host Patriots hadn’t lost a league game since 2017 and had beaten Cleveland 13 consecutive times, by an average score of 40-8.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"You just spend the whole day feeling completely beaten down."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Despite the slowdown, global M&A volumes rose by 27% to $4.44 trillion over the first nine months of the year, a total beaten only by the post-Covid surge in deal-making of 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In contrast, the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF finished the session with a total loss of 2.5% so far this year after being beaten down in September, according to FactSet data.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

She couldn’t agree too easily, or he wouldn’t think she was beaten.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

British pair Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool advanced in the doubles, beating Russia's Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-4.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The country’s exports rose 83.5% from a year earlier to $120.94 billion, beating the 65.4% increase forecast by economists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He also posted the hot dog stand menu — which was dented by an errant punch during the fight — saying “New office piece. Poor thing took a beating this weekend.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Czechs lost their opening game 2-0 to Germany at Old Trafford before beating Italy 2-1 at Anfield.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

My heart’s beating as fast as the Afrobeats, which can’t be healthy.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer