as in defeats
to achieve a victory over
how humiliating for a tennis champ to be worsted by a player no one had ever heard of
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Danny Harris defeats Edwin Moses in the 400 hurdles at a meet in Madrid, ending the longest winning streak in track and field.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
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But when a brutish — and handsome — newcomer named Sir Tristam defeats Sir Palomides in a tournament, Princess Isode finds her plans thwarted.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Finally, Kim masters the steps and takes to the stage with confidence, as her family cheers her on!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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The future belongs to the developer who masters the ability to break down human expertise into reusable agent skills.—
Mohith Shrivastava,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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These families show that love overcomes differences.—
Geoffrey Greif,
Baltimore Sun,
11 June 2026
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The innovative method overcomes the structural instability that usually prevents the formation of such ultra-small nanotubes.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 June 2026
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Well, no — football does not work in a ladder system where rankings swap if one team beats another.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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Authenticity always beats polish.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
7 July 2025
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The new figure, which bests Monday’s $605 million jackpot, is already the 13th largest prize in the history of Powerball.—
Gordon Ebanks,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2025
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That said, DreamHost bests it with an impressive 97-day money-back guarantee for shared hosting plans.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2025
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The most entertaining rumor is Aledo ISD instructs a certain number of its high school students to stay home when the state takes an enrollment figure for the purposes of classification, even though the Texas UIL doesn’t come up with the numbers that way.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Dec. 2025
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Advertisement Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.—
Time,
Time,
9 Dec. 2025
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Drake Nearly Sweeps the Top 10 Drake nearly conquers the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, but once again, he is stopped from filling spaces one through 10.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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That doesn’t mean robbing Billy of his shot at prying open Homelander’s skull, but with only a symbolic solution to Trump’s authoritarian rise — love conquers all!—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
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Amazon’s Buy for Me, which dispatches an agent to purchase from third-party sites, autofills the user’s existing card at checkout.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2026
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Competing alongside two Americans, Roper (John Saxon) and Williams (Jim Kelly), Lee methodically dispatches Han’s henchmen and avenges his sister’s death in the process.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
20 May 2026
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