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he wears a pacemaker to help maintain a regular beating of his heart
took a beating and ended up in second place
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Yet no lawyer had previously brought up the rapes and beatings that Bell witnessed during his stay at Dozier, Brown and Martin said.
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The Marshall Project, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
In Chicago, the closest parallel to the racial attacks in 1980s New York was the 1997 Bridgeport attack on Lenard Clark, a Black 13-year-old, by a group of teenagers including Frank Caruso Jr., who was convicted of the beating but ultimately forced to serve only two years of an eight-year sentence.
—Robert Chiarito, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
The sun and heat will kill almost all flip-flops, [but] these lasted through a heavy six-month beating.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
There were frequent beatings and hurled objects, many resulting in injuries severe enough to cause bruises and lacerations.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 3 July 2025
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The Marshall Project, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
In Chicago, the closest parallel to the racial attacks in 1980s New York was the 1997 Bridgeport attack on Lenard Clark, a Black 13-year-old, by a group of teenagers including Frank Caruso Jr., who was convicted of the beating but ultimately forced to serve only two years of an eight-year sentence.
—Robert Chiarito, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
The sun and heat will kill almost all flip-flops, [but] these lasted through a heavy six-month beating.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
There were frequent beatings and hurled objects, many resulting in injuries severe enough to cause bruises and lacerations.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for beating
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“Beating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beating. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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