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Long lines formed outside immigration offices earlier this week as applicants sought to beat the fee hikes, with Tokyo's main immigration bureau reporting wait times of over seven hours.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The case for letting fund managers charge performance fees, where they get paid extra if their funds beat the market indexes or a benchmark, is very easy to make.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Challenger Robert Luna ultimately beat the combative sitting sheriff, Alex Villanueva, by more than 20 percentage points.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The 20-year-old played a pivotal role as China beat hosts Japan to win the final of horror survival game "Identity V" in Nagoya.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

She waits a beat, then in a quieter voice she says, ‘I know who it was.’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

It also overestimated diastolic blood pressure, the bottom number, or the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats, by 4.0 mmHg.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

For one, it was a blast of cold coffee to the face to realize that what qualifies as a career-derailing flop in 2006 meets or beats the quality of most made-for-Netflix features.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

The album is loaded with Anthrax trademarks — serrated, crunchy riffs, soaring lead vocals, bludgeoning beats, and scorching guitar — but there are also galactic noise effects, angular song structures and atypical chord configurations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Uber passengers complain about an overload of air fresheners during their rides, but drivers say it beats the smells coming from the back seat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The meter of a piece of music is the arrangement of its rhythms in a repetitive pattern of strong and weak beats.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Despite the slowdown, global M&A volumes rose by 27% to $4.44 trillion over the first nine months of the year, a total beaten only by the post-Covid surge in deal-making of 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In contrast, the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF finished the session with a total loss of 2.5% so far this year after being beaten down in September, according to FactSet data.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

England were then beaten by Italy in the final after taking the lead, dropping deep and giving up possession before losing on penalties.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

England have lost two consecutive European Championship finals, and been beaten by France and Argentina in the past two World Cups.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“How about my garret? It’s a bit downtrodden to be sure, but well off the beaten path.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

He also posted the hot dog stand menu — which was dented by an errant punch during the fight — saying “New office piece. Poor thing took a beating this weekend.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Czechs lost their opening game 2-0 to Germany at Old Trafford before beating Italy 2-1 at Anfield.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

It nearly happened this millennium as Everton - last relegated in 1951 - stayed up by beating Bournemouth on the final day of the 2022-23 season.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Janus Henderson Income ETF’s online home page, for example, shows the fund beating the Agg by a seemingly impressive margin of more than 2 percentage points annualized since it launched in late 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

My heart is beating so hard I think it might literally come out of my chest.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler