beaten

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Within weeks, the former defender with a salt-and-pepper beard had pulled off a draw against Atlético Madrid and somehow beaten Barcelona.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

But you also shouldn’t count out LeBron; the kid from Akron has beaten the odds before.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Let's get it right, Leeds could have beaten Manchester United by a much bigger margin than 2-1 on Monday night.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Thatcher shot back, “they might have beaten us at our national sport, but we managed to beat them at their national sport twice in the 20th century.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The soldier hurried to lift the gate, his demeanor that of a dog who had just been beaten, trying to please the master who had beaten it.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman