beating
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Or was it that in beating runaway championship leader Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes by 0.011 seconds, Norris had made a mistake at the final corner that cost him more than 0.3secs?
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
"When I was eight or nine I was beating adults at chess and they were raging when they lost, like 'I just lost to a little kid'."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Sam Farmer makes his picks and score predictions for Week 1 of the 2026 season, with the Rams winning in Australia and the Chargers beating the Cardinals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Revenue rose 13% to $6.76 billion, beating analyst expectations for $6.69 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
In the firelight, Torak saw the pulse beating in his throat.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Later it took further beatings as they worked out how the 8,000-pound horse could be dragged over dunes and log rollers by actors with ropes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Cook took bruises and beatings during his investigations, which saw him tackle injustice and stand up for victims of crime.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“People don’t have the bandwidth to respond with the kind of outrage that they would when you saw the beatings at Pan Pacific Park,” said Abdullah, referring to the LAPD’s response to protests in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2025
As one British study titled "Banter, bollockings and beatings" made clear, an often macho culture can prevail, including bizarre induction rituals.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2024
Get your share of food, work hard, stay well, stay as clean as possible, avoid beatings.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
