bested
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El-Sayed bested Republican Mike Rogers, withstanding an onslaught of attacks that included baselessly tying him to terrorism and a high-profile spat with a fellow Democrat.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Case in point: “Heart of the Beast” was bested in its opening weekend by “Avengers Endgame: Encore,” a theatrical rerelease of Marvel’s 2019 hit.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Oregon coach Dan Lanning has bested Riley in both of their head-to-head meetings, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Last year, Sivanandan became the youngest girl to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess when she bested 60-year-old Peter Wells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Cursed Toads—Spares whom she’d sympathized with, had tried to learn about, who she thought shared a common fate—had tricked and bested them.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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