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as in pulse
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
he wears a pacemaker to help maintain a regular beating of his heart
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as in defeat
failure to win a contest
took a beating and ended up in second place
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as in pounding
to strike repeatedly
they attacked and beat him, but fortunately he'll be fine
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as in defeating
to achieve a victory over
she always beats everyone at checkers, but she's not as good at chess
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as in exceeding
to be greater, better, or stronger than
this new animated feature sure beats everything else that's ever been done in animation
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as in throbbing
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner
the patient's heart beats roughly 60 times per minute
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as in flapping
to move or cause to move with a striking motion
the bird's wings beat strongly as it soared in the air
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as in frustrating
to prevent from achieving a goal
you beat me to it
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as in drawing
to shape with a hammer
the medieval artisans who beat iron into exquisite swords
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as in burning
to shine with a bright harsh light
the tropical sun beat down on our heads without mercy
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as in tapping
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically
beat the drum in a marching rhythm
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as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
it beats me how that slipup happened
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as in circumventing
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
he spends all of his time trying to beat the system
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as in grinding
to reduce to fine particles
years of pounding had beaten the pebbles to a fine dust
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as in cheating
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
the screenwriter has filed a lawsuit, accusing the production company of beating him out of his share of the film's net profits
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Recent Examples of beating
Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
It was last invoked in 1992 during riots in Los Angeles after police officers were acquitted for the beating of Rodney King.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
As the time on the clock winds down, AJ, the captain of the team wearing pink T-shirts, launches the ball from half court, sinking the basket and beating the buzzer.
—Frankie De La Cretaz, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
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Plus closing arguments have wrapped in the case surrounding officers in the beating of Tyre Nichols.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
It was last invoked in 1992 during riots in Los Angeles after police officers were acquitted for the beating of Rodney King.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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And now Soto gets more chances to deliver awestruck moments in his second World Series and the Yankees’ first in 2009 when Soto was an 11-year-old in the Dominican Republic, whose birthday occurred on the previous time the Yankees clinched the AL pennant by beating the Angels.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
As the time on the clock winds down, AJ, the captain of the team wearing pink T-shirts, launches the ball from half court, sinking the basket and beating the buzzer.
—Frankie De La Cretaz, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
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My pulse kept racing; my mouth went dry and prickly; dizzy spells came on.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The big picture: Selzer has a historically great pulse of Iowa, thanks to her thorough methodology, according to RealClear Polling.Linh Ta, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Palestinians’ defeat and Israel’s occupation provided Hezbollah with its raison d’être.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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Voters overwhelmingly approved a proposition to toughen penalties for some drug possession and shoplifting offenses — a political defeat for Newsom, who strongly opposed it.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Use It To Help Flatten Chicken Breasts Before pounding any meat to create cutlets, use wax paper in between it and your mallet to help avoid any unwanted stickiness and keep it in place.Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
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Israel has been pounding Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon for days.Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
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The filing also details ongoing litigation related to the Zabala Road Lease, with the landlord seeking damages exceeding $36 million.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Unity Bank remains well-capitalized, exceeding regulatory capital requirements.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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But in July, the local agencies received word from the Forest Service that contractors could no longer provide aerial supervision over fires burning on federal land.Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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The methane-burning BE-4s, each one generating 550,000 pounds of thrust, continued boosting the rocket out of the lower atmosphere for another three minutes or so before shutting down.William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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To prevent others from easily circumventing you, include workarounds and variations of your invention as well as the most efficient way of manufacturing it.Stephen Key, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Most will be circumventing financial challenges by turning to deals and discounts.Gary Drenik, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Multiple governments have accused Pyongyang of supplying arms to Moscow for its grinding war in Ukraine, a charge both countries have denied, despite significant evidence of such transfers.Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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This region has a way of grinding up attacks that appear to be transformational.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
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This might seem like cheating, but both.Billboard Japan, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2024
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Neither of the two has ever confirmed that the reason for their breakup was indeed cheating, and Garfield and Stone remain friends to this day.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Beating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beating. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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