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beat

[beet] / bit /






NOUN
journalist's area of responsibility
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
NOUN
piece of news reported before rivals
Synonyms






VERB
mix
Synonyms


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They became only the second of four non-league teams to beat top-flight opposition away from home.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

He pledged to row down the River Mersey if Norway beat Brazil, and when they did, he confirmed on air he would adapt the challenge to do it in the United States.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The German medical-technology company beat expectations for sales and adjusted EPS for the quarter ended Sept. 30, Bernstein says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

How do you beat a competitor who doesn’t have a budget, whose ambitions were more about PR than profits?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

A single horse will beat mules or horses pulling a wagon.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Yet his handling of a script by Peter Gamble, a professor at the USC film school, is deft and restrained, letting the beats speak for themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Diastolic blood pressure, the lower number in a blood pressure reading, reflects the pressure inside arteries when the heart relaxes between beats.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

That snapped a five-quarter streak of top-line beats.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

GSK beats earnings estimates handily, but suffers soft vaccine sales.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

“She’s awesome at this game. She always beats me.”

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon

In one dish he is served by a neighbor, Usnavy finds “pieces of a blanket normally used for mopping floors . . . beaten and marinated in spices and a little beef broth.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“I think it will be much easier for attacks on the democratic process to be beaten back.”

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

But it will mean little unless they can maintain the momentum against Villa, who were getting beaten heavily by Barcelona as Old Trafford was in tumult.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Corona Centennial could have beaten Santa Margarita and Mater Dei during the regular season if Jaden Walk-Green was available to kick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Bobby had never beaten him, and he revealed to his friends that he thought he might have trouble.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Humana’s third-quarter revenue jumped 26% to $41.16 billion, beating Wall Street estimates of $40.87 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Her roots are closely tied to LA and its history, even working as a community organiser during the violent 1992 riots over police brutality in the beating of Rodney King, who was black.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Stocks endured a broad beating on Thursday, unlike anything seen in years, as fears of an end to the artificial-intelligence trade compelled investors to sell first and ask questions later.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Datadog said revenue climbed 35% to $1.2 billion in the third quarter, beating Wall Street estimates, but was slightly slower compared with the 36% jump it posted in the previous quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Holding the stick out in front of him, still uttering those deep grunts, he started beating at the apple as if he was killing a snake.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls


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