Example Sentences

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But simmering doubts over how much AI can keep pushing the market has been beating down on investors’ heads.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

Jinded said he has been beating his drum, singing, praying and knocking on doors in the Nowhatta neighbourhood during Ramadan for 27 years.

From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2023

The Green Party in England and Wales has been "beating expectations" year after year, deputy leader Amelia Womack has said.

From BBC • May 6, 2022

For most of the current economic expansion, the sector has been beating all other major commercial property types in earnings growth and stock performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2018

“I needed three. No one has been beating you.”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler