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as in pulses
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
he wears a pacemaker to help maintain a regular beating of his heart
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as in defeats
failure to win a contest
took a beating and ended up in second place
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Recent Examples of beatings
The film stars Vahid Mubasseri as a mechanic with painful kidney injuries from prison beatings who first follows the distinctive thumping sound of a prosthetic leg that’s etched on his brain and sets the plot in motion.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
More than two dozen arrests were made in Goons beatings across the East Valley in the first half of 2024.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
There have been thousands of police calls for service to the motel, ranging from drug deals to human trafficking to shootings and beatings to a 2011 cold case murder.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
Daily beatings that left people in wheelchairs, with broken teeth, and vomiting blood.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Detainees have alleged torture and beatings inside CECOT since their release.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 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
According to Cristosal, many of those that died under custody since the crackdown began lost their lives due to untreated illnesses, such as kidney failure caused by dehydration, or internal injuries from beatings.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
These violations, perpetrated primarily against Ukrainian prisoners of war, include genital violence such as electrocution, beatings and burns to the genitals, and forced stripping and prolonged nudity, used to humiliate and elicit confessions or information.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
More than two dozen arrests were made in Goons beatings across the East Valley in the first half of 2024.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
There have been thousands of police calls for service to the motel, ranging from drug deals to human trafficking to shootings and beatings to a 2011 cold case murder.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
Daily beatings that left people in wheelchairs, with broken teeth, and vomiting blood.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Detainees have alleged torture and beatings inside CECOT since their release.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 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
According to Cristosal, many of those that died under custody since the crackdown began lost their lives due to untreated illnesses, such as kidney failure caused by dehydration, or internal injuries from beatings.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
These violations, perpetrated primarily against Ukrainian prisoners of war, include genital violence such as electrocution, beatings and burns to the genitals, and forced stripping and prolonged nudity, used to humiliate and elicit confessions or information.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beatings
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At the same time, among the most striking findings was clear evidence of surface melting and a phenomenon known as the reverse waterfall effect, both of which were intentionally triggered during JET’s final operational pulses.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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Picture a night in Ibiza where melodies provide the ecstasy and the instrument is Twigs’ multifaceted voice, defying register in shifting from a whispery soprano to guttural pulses in the most surprising of ways.—
Shirley Halperin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Sealing the deal averted a potential Azeri invasion to secure unfettered access after Azerbaijan’s forces inflicted heavy defeats on Armenia’s army in 2020 and 2023 and pushed 120,000 Armenians out of Nagorno-Karabakh.—
Michele Crestani,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Four of those have been defeats, including this loss to Midtjylland which saw Forest concede two more goals to set-pieces in a chaotic first half.—
Sam Joseph,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Future solar cells, for instance, might harness coherence to move energy more efficiently, reducing losses and boosting performance.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Small private-sector businesses drove last month’s decline, and losses were widespread across industries (with some of the largest losses in professional and business services and leisure and hospitality), ADP reported.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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The artists whose soulful beats and heartfelt music permeate Music City's streets and influence its most significant creative forces now regularly take to its most renowned and visible stages, unimpeded.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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Taylor compiled the threesome’s beats onto CDs and sent them to songwriters in his orbit — among them Nicole Morier, who decided to write a song to one of their beats during a session with Britney Spears.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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The setbacks last year were against Oregon and Penn State, the latter game being in the College Football Playoff.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Oct. 2025
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Plus, the team will surely look to upgrade its starting rotation after a series of injuries and setbacks drove its early exit.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Beatings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beatings. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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