beaten

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The teenager had just beaten the great Serena Williams and, at 19 years old, reached the pinnacle of tennis.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The idea is to show ephemera that is beaten and weathered, says Worthington.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Bogle ran the numbers: in seven of the prior 11 years, if you had owned the whole S&P 500 with no fees, you would have beaten half the active managers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Even as Figma has beaten earnings expectations for every quarter since it went public in July 2025, shares have dropped 45.8% so far this year, on fears that AI will replace traditional software.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

Then this lonely, exhausted man staggered in, looking as beaten as a Jack Russell who’d picked a fight with a Rottweiler.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr