beating
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For decades, data centers have been the beating hearts of many businesses—the fortified secret rooms where huge amounts of capital sit, busily transforming electricity into revenue.
Ars online IT roundtable: What’s the future of the data center? | Lee Hutchinson | January 21, 2021 | Ars TechnicaNature takes a beating from a different kind of tourist in Tahoe
A virtual menagerie: How conservation and rescue efforts can connect us with wildlife around the world | Andrea Sachs | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s a model, as Loncar told Fortune during the time of the AbbVie-Allergan deal, which incentivizes financial engineering over the medical magic which is the beating heart of the industry.
It’s the New Year, and pharma companies are already hiking prices for popular drugs | Sy Mukherjee | January 4, 2021 | FortuneAt its subtly beating heart is an attempt to deliver comfort in a small, furry package.
The upfront model of buying and selling ad inventory, which was the cornerstone of television industry ad placement for decades, has taken a beating in 2020.
Deep Dive: How the coronavirus crisis accelerated the already cresting CTV sea change | Jessica Rapp | December 21, 2020 | Digiday
She fills her characters up—strong women beating back against a sexist system—with so much heart.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’ | Marlow Stern | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd it is true that since Blair was in power the pub culture has taken a beating.
In the Bible, Moses does kill a guy—the Egyptian slave master who is beating an Israelite to death.
Christian Bale: One Man's Moses Is Another Man's Terrorist | Candida Moss, Joel Baden | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOften, the processes that result in death begin when the heart stops beating.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDoctors will likely check more than one location for pulses to determine if the heart is beating.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe sound of the swift beating of horse-hoofs was heard from the south, and soon three men came riding up.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThe Empress's hand was on her beating forehead, but she turned, even fiercely to his question.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterWith beating heart, but steady hand and frowning eye, he advanced another step and found—that the object was a yellow stone!
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneSquinty turned around, standing on the edge of the little brook, and waited, his heart beating faster and faster.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
British Dictionary definitions for beating
/ (ˈbiːtɪŋ) /
a whipping or thrashing, as in punishment
a defeat or setback
take some beating or take a lot of beating to be difficult to improve upon
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