beaten

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While ordinary freight ships typically travel along a fixed route across the Atlantic, the trimarans will go off the beaten path as they follow the wind for the best conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Without Stokes and Atkinson, an inexperienced England team showing five changes to the one that won the first Test was soundly beaten in the second.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

As Mexico have already beaten South Korea they cannot be overtaken if both countries end on six points.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

It has beaten analysts top-line projections in seven of the past nine quarters, according to FactSet, and the two misses were no greater than 1%.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Maybe, beaten down as he already was and ready to grab on to the thinnest lifeline of hope, he just thought, Do as you're told.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson