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beat down

verb as in haggle

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But simmering doubts over how much AI can keep pushing the market has been beating down on investors’ heads.

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Alvarez is the face of boxing and has never been beaten down or dominated.

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As the sun beat down, water jugs were stationed every few yards and tarps providing shade coverage were stationed around the perimeter of the rows of crops.

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Back in Georgia, the sun beats down through thick humidity - a reminder of why the state is so attractive to data centre developers.

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Outside Kakuma's food distribution centre, the sun beats down on the dry, dusty ground and security officers manage queues of refugees.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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