beaten
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The men's team - Truman, Ed Lowe and Harry Ledingham-Horn - finished fifth in the qualifying stage but were beaten by fourth-placed Australia in the opening round of head-to-head races.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
No team since the 1923 New York Yankees has been swept by a postseason opponent one year and beaten that same opponent the next October, and those Yankees had Babe Ruth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
It has beaten the S&P 500 since 1990.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
"I could only imagine the pressure on Martin O'Neill - I know what it's like in Glasgow if you are beaten by Rangers twice," former Scotland defender Willie Miller said.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Chess historians and critics believed that twenty-one-year-old Morphy would have easily beaten Staunton.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
