beaten

Example Sentences

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But you also shouldn’t count out LeBron; the kid from Akron has beaten the odds before.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Let's get it right, Leeds could have beaten Manchester United by a much bigger margin than 2-1 on Monday night.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Thatcher shot back, “they might have beaten us at our national sport, but we managed to beat them at their national sport twice in the 20th century.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

He won gold in the 50m at the Edinburgh International Swim Meet a month ago but finished fourth in the 100m, beaten by 18-year-old British junior world champion Filip Nowacki.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

We hiked through the sparse woods, making our way carefully down the beaten path we had created that summer, the summer of the mariposas.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall