How to Use get the better of in a Sentence

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• With no real spin on offer and the field up, Will Jacks got the better of the youngster.
  — ABC News, 4 July 2026
• France will be hot favourites to progress past Sweden in the last 32 and will be expected to get the better of Germany, who first have to see off Paraguay.
  — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 28 June 2026
• Whoever gets the better of the other might determine which country heads into the quarterfinals and which team’s World Cup dream is over.
  — Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
• At 5/6, England are favourites to get the better of Norway and make the semi-finals of the World Cup for only the fourth time in their history.
  — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 10 July 2026
• When the friends begin to hear ominous sounds and see mysterious lights, their curiosity gets the better of them, leading to a surreal series of events visible only by the light of Robbie’s camera.
  — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
• With Rashford not getting the better of Wan-Bissaka and his team a goal down with time running out, England head coach Thomas Tuchel replaced him in the 60th minute with Anthony Gordon.
  — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• In the 1960s, England got the better of its Argentine opponent in consecutive World Cup tournaments, with a 1-0 victory in 1966 helping the English to eventually lift the trophy for the only time in their history.
  — Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
• In the 1960s, England got the better of their Argentine opponents in consecutive World Cup tournaments, with the 1-0 victory in 1966 helping the English to eventually lift the trophy for the only time in history.
  — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 11 July 2026