on the beam
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Webster-Longin earned a 9.875 before Chiles topped her best mark on the beam after receiving a 9.975.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
She made an emotional return to win bronze on the beam, her seventh Olympic medal.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024
Utah took the lead on the first rotation after posting a season-high 49.6375 on the beam — with a 9.950 from Abby Paulson and Malie O’Keefe.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024
The difficulty every night is staying on the beam, from “Greens” to “Children Will Listen,” and holding it all with a kind of accuracy and emotional will.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2023
I pull on the beam, the ceiling groans and down on Mam’s bed there’s a shower of plaster, slates, rain.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
