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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Detainees have alleged torture and beatings inside CECOT since their release.—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025 Daily beatings that left people in wheelchairs, with broken teeth, and vomiting blood.—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 The beatings became so routine that the Venezuelans scored them on a scale of one to five—the higher the number, the worse the treatment.—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 Admission is free and activities include inflatables, carnival games, coloring and beating.—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beating
Word History
Etymology
Middle English betynge, from gerund of beten "to beat entry 1"
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