beat it

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Gold could get close to $5000 per ounce in 2026 and beat it in 2027, predicts Deutsche Bank.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025

But Martin, working with pathologist Larry J. Stowell, was able to pinpoint the cause of that “rapid blight”—a fungus, Labyrinthula terrestris—and quickly work up a program to beat it back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

He was anxious to leave — and warned visiting journalists to beat it out of town by sundown.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

The only season to beat it was the very first; 1992-93.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

Her heart ached with the knowledge that every time it beat, it was counting away another second to her leaving and not seeing him anymore.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner