beat
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After earnings that beat expectations for the third time this year, investor attention will turn to December’s strategy update, the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Then drums started to beat and the singing of traditional songs began.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
A few other primaries even yielded sore losers; in Texas, Rep. Jasmine Crockett has refused to campaign with fellow Democrat James Talarico after he beat her.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Rams beat the Chargers by 13, so miscues by the special teams didn’t derail them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Jay Berry, you beat anything I’ve ever seen,” she said.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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This compares with a five-year average 26 times earnings, suggesting to Wang that the market sees scope for continued beats or guidance upgrades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
That snapped a five-quarter streak of top-line beats.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The wireless carrier beats Wall Street’s earnings target and signs a deal to provide fiberoptic cables to Amazon data centers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Arrhythmias occur when the heart beats too quickly, too slowly, or irregularly.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
After 8 beats, they can play a “G” which is the V or dominant of the C scale in order to create another goal.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Corona Centennial could have beaten Santa Margarita and Mater Dei during the regular season if Jaden Walk-Green was available to kick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
In a 2013 interview, Cárdenas said he believed he had beaten Salinas by four percentage points although he said he had no evidence to support his claim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Nottingham Forest should have beaten Ipswich last time out but that draw was another example of a game where they haven't taken their chances.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Maresca shook up his starting line-up by making nine changes to the side that were beaten at Aston Villa on Saturday and it almost backfired.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Even when the visible army was being beaten on battlefields, Washington’s invisible army was winning victories in the back alleys of the spy war.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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That compared with all companies beating profits in the previous three months, and more than 80 percent topping on sales.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The company’s quarterly revenue climbed 22% to $4.57 billion, beating analyst estimates of $4.32 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Known as the “Hippie Car,” it stunned the racing world in 1970 by beating Ferrari at Le Mans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The Warriors finished their season 14-6-0 and faced Bishop Montgomery in the first round of Division 3 play, beating them 25-7.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
They were passing through a particularly fine square, with a fountain in the form of a mermaid in the center, when there was a noise overhead, of beating wings, and the sky called Nighthand’s name.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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