beat the Dutch
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They have got some excellent technical players and will be dangerous, whoever they play - and I am going to back them again to beat the Dutch.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
So if the Portuguese beat the United States, they’ll move on, and the Americans would then need Vietnam to beat the Dutch in Dunedin - while keeping their advantage on goal differential - to advance.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
So if the Portuguese beat the United States, they’ll move on, and the Americans would then need Vietnam to beat the Dutch in Dunedin — while keeping their advantage on goal differential — to advance.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
The Americans beat the Dutch in the final of the last World Cup as well as in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics, on penalty kicks, two years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Stop," cried the Needle, "you're too much, You've brass enough to beat the Dutch; Do I not make the ladies' clothes, Ere I retire to my repose?
From Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
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