beaten
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Aerospace and defense stocks have both been beaten up by the Iran war, especially higher oil prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Serbia, England's toughest oppnent in qualification, are ranked 39th in the world, and were comfortably beaten 5-0 away by England and 2-0 at Wembley in November.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Palo Alto has been beaten down this year amid a broad, recurring selloff in software stocks.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
And all three have beaten the S&P 500 and small-capitalization Russell 2000 this century.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
In a one-on-one brawl, a Neanderthal would probably have beaten a Sapiens.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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