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Example Sentences
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Members of the Republican Guard carried the casket draped in a French flag into the courtyard to the beat of a drum before Macron read a eulogy, saying Jospin fought for justice and freedom.
From Barron's
The Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets for a playoff spot.
It didn’t sound great — it sounded like a demo that you’d give to a musician in hopes that they would beat it.
From Los Angeles Times
And smog isn’t gone, not by a long shot, but — with regulation and technology and psychology — we have beaten it to something of a standstill.
From Los Angeles Times
Silva woke up at 5 a.m. last Wednesday to travel from her Las Vegas home to Death Valley National Park, hoping to beat the heat and the crowds to the superbloom.
From Los Angeles Times
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