beaten

Example Sentences

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But you also shouldn’t count out LeBron; the kid from Akron has beaten the odds before.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Thatcher shot back, “they might have beaten us at our national sport, but we managed to beat them at their national sport twice in the 20th century.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Twelve months earlier it had been Scottie Scheffler who had done the honours but on this occasion there was no beaten champion from the previous year.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Evercore strategist Julian Emanuel has a screen of names that have beaten both sales and earnings estimates from analysts in all of the past eight quarters.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

“We’ve beaten the British in Massachusetts,” he shouted.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier