beating

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Then Marinovich, a Democrat working in conjunction with state Republican leaders in Topeka, offered tax incentives to draw a race car stadium to pastures of western KCK, beating out other bidders including KCMO.

From The Wall Street Journal

Elsewhere on Saturday, Derrick Henry rushed for a season-high 216 yards and four touchdowns as the Baltimore Ravens kept their hopes of making the play-offs alive by beating the Green Bay Packers.

From BBC

Senegal, fresh from beating Botswana 3-0 and seen as perhaps the biggest threat to Morocco's chances of winning the title on home soil, had more possession and more chances.

From Barron's

These cells can be assembled into small, beating clusters that mimic aspects of heart function.

From Science Daily

For one, computers have been beating humans at chess for almost three decades.

From MarketWatch