beat
Example Sentences
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Under jockey Jamie Hamilton, Crokes Cross beat better-fancied Changemyluck - who was priced at 5-2 - by a length and a quarter to give Coltherd his first success since March 2025.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The paper beat its English-language competitors in breaking the news.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
He knows no other way to beat down the constant text alerts of attacks that are breaking his brain.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The United States Oil ETF beat oil stock funds by betting on the commodity directly, leaping 82.9% in the quarter.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The sun beat down on me, the heat of it on my hair, burning my scalp.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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