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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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“I’ve been eyeing that number… he beat me there,” added Kensinger, whose prior best was 59-08 at the Irvine Invitational earlier this spring.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Douglas says there is something about the "repetitive beat" and everyone "gathering to release some pent-up energy" which feels like a way to connect to our ancestral roots.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

He then came from 2-0 down to beat Price in the semis, with a 161 checkout the first of three straight 100-plus finishes to clinch victory.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Semiconductor stocks powered Korean and Japanese indexes higher, though investors met Nvidia’s first-quarter earnings beat with a shrug.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Pop and Mama and my brothers and sisters and me all grabbed brooms and shovels and took to the fields and started swinging, vowing to beat ’em off if we had to.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney




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