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
The Social Reckoning was beaten in the US box office chart by horror movie Other Mommy, psychological thriller Verity, video game adaptation Resident Evil and Brad Pitt's wilderness thriller Heart of the Beast.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“Don’t talk like that,” I said, knowing full well I was beaten.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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