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The 57-year-old won the Premier League with Chelsea during his debut campaign at Stamford Bridge in 2016-17 and beat Manchester United in the FA Cup final the following season.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Women's world number three Fallon Sherrock has been named among 24 contestants bidding to beat Luke Littler and walk away with £501,000.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The stock jumped after the staffing company’s results beat expectations at the top and bottom lines and flagged an improvement in trends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
And in the next beat, she confesses that she misses them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Texting was wonderful, but it wasn’t the same as seeing emotions play out on his face, hearing the quiet beat between a question and an answer.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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"Clear earnings beats and constructive corporate updates are helping to ease some of the AI anxiety that has surfaced in recent sessions," Tim Waterer of KCM Trade said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Users of the model have praised it online, saying it beats even the most advanced AI tools out of OpenAI on common tasks for AI tools like computer software coding.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
It’s a version of the age-old promotional party that replaces passed appetizers and executive remarks with dim lights and high beats per minute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Brass bands pound out songs and pop anthems with thumping beats such as Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” and Robbie Williams’ “Angels” as thousands of voices roar along.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
In a 4/4 time signature, there are four beats in a measure, and the quarter note also receives one beat or count.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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StoneX analyst Daniel Kurnos says the e-commerce and auction platform has beaten expectations for five straight quarters and could do it again.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Simon King of Saturna Capital names two stocks tied to base metals, for investors who want to look beyond the beaten path for AI-related trades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
After just three wins last season, the Cardinals now have two this year and both have come at SoFi Stadium having also beaten the Los Angeles Chargers in week one.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The top official on human rights in the US State Department, Riley Barnes, on Sunday visited the same town where the mayor was beaten, which is largely Christian, on a trip coordinated with the military.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
His were worn through, dirty, beaten up, although not missing a single bead of Mama’s tight beadwork.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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A company beating earnings expectations by 36% and revenue expectations by 15% would usually see a post-results bump.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
But regardless of the reason, the upshot was that even as the market-cap weighted S&P 500 fell sharply, the majority of equities within it rose, with the advancers beating decliners by 173.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
You now have Premier League clubs - away from the traditional big six - beating other top European sides to signings.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Bloom Energy’s third-quarter revenue more than doubled to $1.24 billion from $519 million a year earlier, beating analyst expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Securities that were, increasingly, the beating heart of Wall Street.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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