beaten

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He would lead Athletic Bilbao to the 2012 Europa League final but they were beaten to the trophy by Atletico Madrid.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Since the bottom of that brief selloff through Tuesday, the S&P 500 High Beta Index has beaten a group of low-volatility stocks by a whopping 123 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

GameStop is looking to buy back some of its stock, which has been beaten down in the wake of a controversial bid for eBay.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

In the past three months, about a third of S&P 500 constituents have beaten the index, the lowest portion since at least 1999, according to Trivariate Research.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

He was, at least as Jefferson described him, a beaten man.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis