beaten

Example Sentences

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They won two out of their last eight games, missed out on automatic promotion by 16 points and were beaten by Coventry in an attritional play-off semi-final that produced one goal in two games.

From BBC

Real were beaten by rivals Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday and trail Barca by four points in La Liga.

From BBC

It was also only the ninth occasion in the past 100 years that a non-league side has beaten a top-flight opponent.

From BBC

“I have beaten these special interests, every single time with the SEIU,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Weir was diagnosed with cancer in July and had beaten the disease, but "succumbed to underlying lung issues," his family said in a statement on his personal website, without specifying where or when he died.

From Barron's