beat it
Example Sentences
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Van Der Beek, who died Wednesday after a colorectal cancer diagnosis, seemed to embrace the ethos of joining in everyone’s fun when there’s no sense of trying to beat it.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
Gold could get close to $5000 per ounce in 2026 and beat it in 2027, predicts Deutsche Bank.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025
But Martin, working with pathologist Larry J. Stowell, was able to pinpoint the cause of that “rapid blight”—a fungus, Labyrinthula terrestris—and quickly work up a program to beat it back.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
"You've got a nice open field at the back that's not going to get built on. It's a lovely location, and there's Yeadon Tarn just down the road. You can't beat it, living here."
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025
The doctors became increasingly worried, and I ended up spending five long months in the hospital while they tried to beat it.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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